Source identification of soil mercury in the spanish islands

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-179

  Rodríguez Martín, José Antonio ^a   Carbonell, Gregoria ^a   Nanos, Nikos ^b   Gutiérrez, Carmen ^c  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE; MERCURY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARCHIPELAGO; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIMESTONE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; ROCK; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SPAIN; VOLCANIC ASH;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISLANDS; MERCURY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; CANARY ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 84873730373     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-012-9831-y     Document Type: Article

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