In-situ assessment of metal contamination via portable X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy: Zlatna, Romania

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 182, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-100

  Weindorf, David C ^a   Paulette, Laura ^b   Man, Titus ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Lead; Metals; Spatial variability; Zlatna

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED SOILS; IN-SITU ASSESSMENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; METAL CONTAMINATION; PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; ZLATNA;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ARSENIC; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; METALS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURVEYS;

X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; ZINC;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GIS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LEAD; METAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECTROMETER; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROMANIA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL QUALITY; SURFACE SOIL; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARSENIC; LEAD; METALS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; ZLATNA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; METALS; MINING; ROMANIA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

ALBA; ROMANIA; ZLATNA;

EID: 84881086159     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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