Post-fire study of the Brazilian Scientific Antarctic Station: Toxic element contamination and potential mobility on the surrounding environment

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-27

  Guerra, Marcelo Braga Bueno ^a   Neto, Elias Lima ^a   Prianti, Marcelo Tesser Antunes ^a   Pereira Filho, Edenir Rodrigues ^b   Schaefer, Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Fire; PCA; Soil pollution; X Ray Fluorescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875278086     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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