Mercury baseline levels in Flemish soils (Belgium)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 173-179

  Tack, Filip M G ^a   Vanhaesebroeck, Thomas ^a   Verloo, Marc G ^a   Van Rompaey, Kurt ^a   Van Ranst, Eric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Background concentrations; Baseline concentrations; Mercury; Soils; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

FLEMISH SOILS; MERCURY BASELINE LEVELS;

MERCURY (METAL); PH EFFECTS; POLLUTION;

SOILS;

MERCURY;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; PH MEASUREMENT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOIL ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; REFERENCE VALUES; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 9644279924     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.05.031     Document Type: Article

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