First study on anthropogenic Pt, Pd, and Rh levels in soils from major avenues of São Paulo City, Brazil

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7373-7382

  Ribeiro, A P ^a   Figueiredo, A M G ^a   Sarkis, J E S ^a   Hortellani, M A ^a   Markert, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b Environmental Institute of Scientific Networks (in constitution)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalytic exhausts; Platinumgroup elements; S o Paulo; Urban soil

Indexed keywords

AQUA REGIA; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; GEOCHEMICAL BACKGROUND; MEGACITIES; MOTOR VEHICLE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN SOILS;

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEACHING; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; SOILS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RHODIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RHENIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAR; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; ULTRASOUND; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84871718995     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2506-8     Document Type: Article

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