Spatial Distribution, Potential Sources, and Risk Assessment of Trace Metals of Groundwater in the North China Plain

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 726-743

  Zhang, Yan ^a,b   Li, Fadong ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a   Tu, Chun ^a,b   Suzuki, Yoshimi ^a   Huang, Chong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

groundwater; risk assessment; sources; spatial distribution; stable isotopes; trace metal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911003516     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2014.921533     Document Type: Article

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