Fingerprinting sedimentary and soil units by their natural metal contents: A new approach to assess metal contamination

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 500-501, Issue , 2014, Pages 361-372

  Amorosi, Alessandro ^a   Guermandi, Marina ^b   Marchi, Nazaria ^b   Sammartino, Irene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Geological Seismic and Soil Survey Emilia Romagna Region   (Italy)

^c Geologic Consultant   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alluvial plain; Geochemical map; Metal pollution; Natural background; Po plain; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NICKEL; SOILS; WEATHERING;

ALLUVIAL PLAINS; METAL POLLUTION; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; PO PLAIN; SOIL CONTAMINATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC; METAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GRAIN SIZE; METAL; PEDOLOGY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN; ITALY; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEXTURE; WEATHERING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; STANDARDS;

ITALY; PO PLAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84922480550     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.078     Document Type: Article

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