Distribution of heavy metals in soils of the Yellow River Delta: Concentrations in different soil horizons and source identification

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1158-1168

  Li, Yuan ^a,c   Zhang, Haibo ^a   Chen, Xiaobing ^a   Tu, Chen ^a   Luo, Yongming ^a,c   Christie, Peter ^b  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Metal accumulation; Soil profiles; Yellow River Delta

Indexed keywords

BASAL FLOW; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DELTA; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84901188359     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-014-0861-0     Document Type: Article

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