Heavy metal pollution in farmland irrigated with river water near a steel plant-magnetic and geochemical signature

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 963-974

  Zhang, Chunxia ^a   Appel, Erwin ^b   Qiao, Qingqing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asia; Environmental magnetism; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

FARMS; HEAVY METALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETISM; MAGNETITE; MINERALS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEELMAKING;

ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; HUNAN PROVINCE , CHINA; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; MAGNETIC CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION LOAD INDICES; ROCK AND MINERAL MAGNETISMS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARABLE LAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAGNETITE; RIVER WATER; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WASTEWATER;

CHINA; HUNAN;

EID: 84876819773     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggs079     Document Type: Article

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