Toxic elements and persistent organic pollutants derived from industrial emissions in agricultural soils of the Northern Czech Republic

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1813-1824

  Vácha, Radim ^a   Skála, Jan ^a   Čechmánková, Jarmila ^a   Horváthová, Viera ^a   Hladík, Jiří ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agricultural soil contamination; Heavy industry; Mining areas; North Bohemia; North Moravia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARABLE LAND; COMBUSTION; FOOD SAFETY; GEOGENIC SOURCE; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LIGNITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WIND EROSION;

BOHEMIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; MORAVIA;

EID: 84937977274     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-015-1120-8     Document Type: Article

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