Distribution of heavy metals in the sediments of agricultural fields adjacent to urban areas in Central Taiwan

Paddy and Water Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 343-351

  Cheng, B Y ^a   Fang, W T ^b   Shyu, G S ^c   Chang, T K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Geostatistical; Heavy metals; Irrigation; Multivariate statistics; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; HEAVY METALS; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION CANALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS;

CHARACTERISTICS OF POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADMINISTRATIONS; GEOSTATISTICAL; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84871716565     PISSN: 16112490     EISSN: 16112504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10333-012-0325-3     Document Type: Article

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