Contamination of soils with heavy metals and metalloids and its ecological hazard (analytic review)

Eurasian Soil Science

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 793-801

  Vodyanitskii, Yu N ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

aerial fallout; heavy elements; hydrogenic contamination; sewage; tailings

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FALLOUT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEAVY METAL; SEWAGE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; TAILINGS;

EID: 84880128865     PISSN: 10642293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1064229313050153     Document Type: Review

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