Assessment of the topsoil heavy metals pollution in the Sarno River basin, south Italy

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5129-5143

  Cicchella, Domenico ^a   Giaccio, Lucia ^b   Lima, Annamaria ^b   Albanese, Stefano ^b   Cosenza, Antonio ^b   Civitillo, Diego ^b   De Vivo, Benedetto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental Italian legislation; Geochemical mapping; Heavy metals; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDUSTRY; LEAD; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CONTAMINATION FACTORS; GEOCHEMICAL MAPPING; HEAVY METALS POLLUTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSIONS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGROINDUSTRY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY; FRUIT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER BASIN; SOFTWARE; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBANIZATION; WASTEWATER;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; POMPEI; SARNO BASIN;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84901587031     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2916-8     Document Type: Article

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