Spatial distribution of heavy metal content in soils around an industrial area in Southern Turkey

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1111-1123

  Ağca, Necat ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Heavy metals; Kriging; Principal component analysis (PCA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891535011     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-013-1240-7     Document Type: Article

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