Ophiolite inheritance in the Po Plain sediments: Insights on heavy metals distribution and risk assessment

Ofioliti

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-14

  Bianchini, Gianluca ^a   di Giuseppe, Dario ^a   Natali, Claudio ^a,b   Beccaluva, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CNR Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alluvial sediments; Element speciation and mobility. Po Plain; Geochemical background; Heavy metals; Italy; Ophiolite components

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MOBILITY; NICKEL; OPHIOLITE; REGOLITH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ITALY; PO PLAIN; PO RIVER;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 84880428717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4454/ofioliti.v38i1.412     Document Type: Article

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