Heavy metal content in urban soils as an indicator of anthropogenic and natural influences on landscape of Karachi - A multivariate spatio-temporal analysis

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-31

  Karim, Zahida ^a   Qureshi, Bilal Aslam ^a   Mumtaz, Majid ^a   Qureshi, Salman ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GIS; Heavy metals; Karachi; Soil pollution; Spatial analysis; Urban ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; LAND USE; LEAD; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; KARACHI; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

COPPER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GIS; LAND USE; LEAD; MEGACITY; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RAINWATER; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; ZINC;

KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 84900522098     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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