Urban soil geochemistry in Athens, Greece: The importance of local geology in controlling the distribution of potentially harmful trace elements

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 482-483, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 366-377

  Argyraki, Ariadne ^a   Kelepertzis, Efstratios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic contamination sources; GIS; Natural contamination sources; Topsoil contamination; Urbanization factors

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; ANTHROPOGENIC MODIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CHEMICAL DISPERSION; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; POPULATION DENSITIES; URBANIZATION FACTORS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; LEAD; NICKEL; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALLOID; NICKEL; NITRIC ACID; PERCHLORIC ACID; POTASSIUM; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAND USE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL SURVEY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPSOIL; TRACE ELEMENT; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOLOGY; GREECE; LAND USE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE; PIRAEUS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION SOURCES; GIS; NATURAL CONTAMINATION SOURCES; TOPSOIL CONTAMINATION; URBANIZATION FACTORS;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; GREECE; METALLURGY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84897878124     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.133     Document Type: Article

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