Association of soil polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon levels and anthropogenic impacts in a rapidly urbanizing region: Spatial distribution, soil-air exchange and ecological risk

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 473-474, Issue , 2014, Pages 676-684

  Wei, Yan Li ^a,b   Bao, Lian Jun ^a   Wu, Chen Chou ^a,b   He, Zai Cheng ^a   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impact; Ecological risk; Pearl River Delta; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Soil air exchange; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AIR; COAL COMBUSTION; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; SOIL-AIR EXCHANGE; URBANIZATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

COAL; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; PAH; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LANDFILL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL AIR EXCHANGE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL RISK; PEARL RIVER DELTA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOIL-AIR EXCHANGE; URBANIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84891905746     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.106     Document Type: Article

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