Ecological risks and potential sources of heavy metals in agricultural soils from Huanghuai Plain, China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1360-1369

  Zhou, Lingli ^a   Yang, Bing ^a   Xue, Nandong ^a   Li, Fasheng ^a   Seip, Hans Martin ^b   Cong, Xin ^c   Yan, Yunzhong ^a,c   Liu, Bo ^a   Han, Baolu ^a   Li, Huiying ^a  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c LIAONING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural soil; Ecological risk; Heavy metals; Huanghuai Plain; Principal component analysis; Source

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRRIGATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

HEAVY METAL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; METALS, HEAVY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84891625423     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2023-0     Document Type: Article

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