Spatial distribution, sources and risk assessment of potentially toxic trace elements and rare earth elements in soils of the Langtang Himalaya, Nepal

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2016, Pages

  Tripathee, Lekhendra ^a,c,f   Kang, Shichang ^a,b   Rupakheti, Dipesh ^d   Zhang, Qianggong ^b,d   Bajracharya, Roshan Man ^e   Sharma, Chhatra Mani ^c,e,f   Huang, Jie ^d,f   Gyawali, Ayush ^e   Paudyal, Rukumesh ^a,c   Sillanpää, Mika ^f  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^c Himalayan Environment Research Institute (HERI)   (Nepal)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^f LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Himalayas; Nepal; Potentially toxic elements; Rare earth elements; Soil; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON; DEPOSITION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS; PRINCIPLE COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CHONDRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84990840590     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-016-6140-1     Document Type: Article

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