A geostatistical approach to assess concentration and spatial distribution of heavy metals in urban soils

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5983-5998

  Guagliardi, Ilaria ^a   Cicchella, Domenico ^b   De Rosa, Rosanna ^c  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Heavy metals; Multi gaussian kriging; Pollution; Soil

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BIOTIC FACTORS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOSTATISTICAL APPROACH; GEOSTATISTICAL METHOD; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; KRIGING; MAJOR OXIDES; METALS CONCENTRATIONS; MINOR ELEMENTS; POLLUTION SOURCES; POTENTIAL RISKS; POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS; SOUTHERN ITALY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN SOILS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; COPPER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; POLLUTION; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; VANADIUM; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAUSSIAN METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; HEAVY METAL; LAND USE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ITALY; KERNEL METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METAL RECOVERY; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84870245311     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1333-z     Document Type: Article

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