Factors affecting the distribution of potentially toxic elements in surface soils around an industrialized area of northwestern Greece

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 823-833

  Petrotou, Alexandra ^a,b   Skordas, Konstantinos ^c   Papastergios, Georgios ^d   Filippidis, Anestis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b not available   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Environment; Geochemistry; GIS; Principal component analysis; Ptolemais; Soil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLY ASH; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNESITE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SILICATES; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; NORTH-WESTERN GREECE; POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS; PTOLEMAIS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLY ASH; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SILICATE MINERAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURFACE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXIC MATERIAL; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

GREECE; KOZANI; PTOLEMAIS; WESTERN MACEDONIA;

EID: 84875616530     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1127-4     Document Type: Article

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