The chemistry and parent material of urban soils in Bristol (UK): Implications for contaminated land assessment

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-67

  Giusti, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contaminated land; Geochemical threshold; Heavy metals; Rare earth elements; Sediments; Urban soils

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LANTHANIDE;

CONTAMINATED LAND; HEAVY METAL; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; THRESHOLD; TOPSOIL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; LANTHANOID SERIES ELEMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; METALS, RARE EARTH; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

BRISTOL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871664387     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-012-9468-9     Document Type: Article

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