Metal accumulation in roadside soil in Melbourne, Australia: Effect of road age, traffic density and vehicular speed

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 208, Issue , 2016, Pages 102-109

  De Silva, Shamali ^a   Ball, Andrew S ^a   Huynh, Trang ^b   Reichman, Suzie M ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Road age; Roadside soil; Traffic; Vehicular emissions; Vehicular speed

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; ROADS AND STREETS; ROADSIDES; SOILS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TRANSPORTATION; ZINC;

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA; ROAD AGE; ROAD-SIDE SOILS; TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS; VEHICULAR EMISSION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SELENIUM; TUNGSTEN; ZINC; EXHAUST GAS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ACCUMULATION INDEX; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOACCUMULATION; CATION EXCHANGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXHAUST GAS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; ROADSIDE SOIL; SOIL; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOTOR VEHICLE; TIME FACTOR; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; MOTOR VEHICLES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84975769747     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.09.032     Document Type: Article

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