Geochemical baseline determination and pollution assessment of heavy metals in urban soils of Karachi, Pakistan

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 358-364

  Karim, Zahida ^a   Qureshi, Bilal Aslam ^a   Mumtaz, Majid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cumulative frequency distribution (CDF); curves; Enrichment factor (EF); Geochemical baseline concentration; Karachi; Pollution assessment; Urban soil

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; METALS; SOILS; ZINC;

BASE-LINE CONCENTRATIONS; CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; CURVES; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; KARACHI; POLLUTION ASSESSMENT; URBAN SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AGGLOMERATION; BASELINE CONDITIONS; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HEAVY METAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 84907533460     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.08.032     Document Type: Article

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