Modeling spatial patterns in soil arsenic to estimate natural baseline concentrations

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 936-946

  Venteris, Erik R ^a,c   Basta, Nicholas T ^b   Bigham, Jerry M ^b   Rea, Ron ^a  

^a OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; BASE-LINE CONCENTRATIONS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; NATIONAL GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS; SEQUENTIAL GAUSSIAN SIMULATION; SOIL SCREENING LEVELS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; SODIUM PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; LAKE SEDIMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEDIMENTATION; SIMULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900533408     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.11.0459     Document Type: Article

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