Geochemical background of potentially toxic trace elements in soils of the historic copper mining area: a case study from Miedzianka Mt., Holy Cross Mountains, south-central Poland

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 4589-4605

  Gałuszka, Agnieszka ^a   Migaszewski, Zdzisław M ^a   Dołęgowska, Sabina ^a   Michalik, Artur ^a   Duczmal Czernikiewicz, Agata ^b  

^a JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Geochemical background; Historic mining areas; Poland; Soils; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MINERALS; NICKEL; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; URANIUM; ZINC;

ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL BACKGROUND; MINING AREAS; POLAND; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; TOXIC TRACE ELEMENTS; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; GEOGENIC SOURCE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MINE; PROTECTED AREA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STANDARD (REGULATION); THRESHOLD; TRACE ELEMENT;

DOLNOSLASKIE; MIEDZIANKA; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE]; SWIETOKRZYSKIE; SWIETOKRZYSKIE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84940645039     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4395-6     Document Type: Article

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