Sources of heavy metal pollution in agricultural soils of a rapidly industrializing area in the Yangtze Delta of China

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-167

  Xu, Xianghua ^a,b,c   Zhao, Yongcun ^b   Zhao, Xiaoyan ^a   Wang, Yudong ^a   Deng, Wenjing ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diffusion pollution; Industrialization; Localized pollution; Potential pollution risk; Soil heavy metal

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; DIFFUSION; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; KRIGING; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; URBANIZATION; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; INDUSTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; RIVER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; JIAXING; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHEJIANG;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INDUSTRY; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904891681     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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