Spatial distribution and contamination assessment of heavy metals in urban topsoil from inside the Xi'an second ringroad, NW China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1979-1988

  Chen, Xiuduan ^a   Lu, Xinwei ^a   Li, Loretta Y ^b   Yang, Guang ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contamination assessment; GIS; Heavy metal; Soil; Spatial distribution; Xi'an

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM METALLOGRAPHY; COBALT METALLOGRAPHY; CONTAMINATION; COPPER METALLOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD METALLOGRAPHY; MANGANESE METALLOGRAPHY; NICKEL METALLOGRAPHY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; ZINC; ZINC METALLOGRAPHY;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; XI'AN;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPSOIL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

EID: 84874944976     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1885-7     Document Type: Article

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