How anthropogenic activities affect soil heavy metal concentration on a broad scale: a geochemistry survey in Yangtze River Delta, Eastern China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1823-1835

  Li, Jianguo ^a   Pu, Lijie ^a   Liao, Qilin ^b   Zhu, Ming ^a   Dai, Xiaoqing ^a   Xu, Yan ^a   Zhang, Lifang ^c   Hua, Ming ^b   Jin, Yang ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JIANGSU PROVINCE   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Enrichment factor; Land use; Soil heavy metal concentration; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; HEAVY METALS; LAND USE; MERCURY (METAL); MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; SOIL HEAVY METALS; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 84921701383     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3536-7     Document Type: Article

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