Surprisingly contrasting metal distribution and fractionation patterns in copper smelter-affected tropical soils in forested and grassland areas (Mufulira, Zambian Copperbelt)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 473-474, Issue , 2014, Pages 117-124

  Ettler, Vojtěch ^a   Konečný, Ladislav ^a   Kovářová, Lucie ^a   Mihaljevič, Martin ^a   Šebek, Ondřej ^a   Kříbek, Bohdan ^b   Majer, Vladimír ^b   Veselovský, František ^b   Penížek, Vít ^c   Vaněk, Aleš ^c   Nyambe, Imasiku ^d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Bushfire; Cu smelting; Metals; Mufulira; Soil; Zambian Copperbelt

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; LEAD; METALS; SMELTING; SOILS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

BUSHFIRE; CANOPY INTERCEPTION; COPPERBELT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FRACTIONATION PATTERNS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL DISTRIBUTIONS; MUFULIRA;

SOIL POLLUTION;

COBALT; COPPER; COPPER OXIDE; IRON OXIDE; LEAD; ZINC;

CHALCOPYRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; FOREST SOIL; FRACTIONATION; GRASSLAND; METAL; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL SOIL;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; FOREST; FRACTIONATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; MINING; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TROPIC CLIMATE; ZAMBIA;

COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; LEAD; METALS; POLLUTION; SMELTING; SOIL;

COPPERBELT; ZAMBIA;

BUSHFIRE; CU SMELTING; METALS; MUFULIRA; SOIL; ZAMBIAN COPPERBELT;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; METALS; MINING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84890826990     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.146     Document Type: Article

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