Implementation and use of terrestrial standards for trace elements

Soil Quality Standards for Trace Elements: Derivation, Implementation, and Interpretation

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 123-140

  Merrington, Graham ^a   Schoeters, Ilse ^b   Warne, Michael St J ^c   Hale, Beverley ^d   Dries, Victor ^e   Molenaar, Co ^f   Sorvari, Jaana ^g   Reinikainen, Jussi ^g   Jeong, Seung Woo ^h   Oates, Chris ⁱ   Stephenson, Gladys ^j   Buvé, Lucia ^k   Chapman, John ^l   Heemsbergen, Diane ^m   Wentsel, Randy ⁿ   Bieber, Andreas ^o   Guoqing, Wang ^p  

^a WCA ENVIRONMENT LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b Rio Tinto   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e ELFM division   (Belgium)

^f Ministry of Housing Spatial Planning and the Environment Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^g FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

ⁱ ANGLO AMERICAN PLC   (United Kingdom)

^j STANTEC CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

^k UMICORE   (Belgium)

^l OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^m CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁿ U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^o Federal Ministry for the Environment   (Germany)

^p NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84886299822     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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