Heavy metal contamination of topsoil around a lead and zinc smelter in Kosovska Mitrovica/Mitrovicë, Kosovo/Kosovë

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 134, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-16

  Šajn, Robert ^a   Aliu, Milihate ^b   Stafilov, Trajče ^c   Alijagić, Jasminka ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

^c SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

GIS; Heavy metals; ICP MS; Kosovska Mitrovica Mitrovic ; Pb Zn mining and smelting; Soil

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUPS; GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; ICP-MS; NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICAL METHODS; PROCESSING ACTIVITY; SAMPLING GRIDS; UNIVERSAL KRIGING;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GOLD; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SILVER; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; URANIUM; ZINC; ZINC SMELTING;

LEAD SMELTING;

GIS; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LEAD; MINING; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPSOIL; ZINC;

KOSOVO; SERBIA;

EID: 84886585683     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2013.06.018     Document Type: Article

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