| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 173 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Environmental science, engineering and technology |
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Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
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| Contents |
HEAVY METAL SEDIMENTS ; HEAVY METAL SEDIMENTS ; Contents; Preface; Distribution of Heavy Metals and Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soils Near a Petrochemical Complex in Guangzhou, China; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Materials and Methods; 2.1. Study Area; 2.2. Sampling; 2.3. Chemicals; 2.4. Analytical Methods; 2.5. Statistical Analysis and GIS Mapping; 3. Results and Discussion; 3.1. Basic Soil Physico-Chemical Properties; 3.2. Heavy Metal and TPH Concentrations in Soils; 3.3. Horizontal and Vertical Variability of Heavy Metals and TPH in Soils |
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3.4. Spatial Distribution of Heavy Metals and TPH in Topsoils3.5. Distribution of Metals among Different Fractions; 3.6. Metal Concentrations in Plants; 3.7. Transfer Coefficients of Metals from Soil to Plants; 3.8. Factors Affecting Metal Uptake by Plants; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Heavy Metals in Coastal Sea Sediments of the Eastern Adriatic Sea; Abstract; Introduction; Experimental; Results; Potassium; Calcium; Titanium; Chromium; Manganese; Iron; Nickel; Copper; Zinc; Gallium; Arsenic; Bromine; Rubidium; Strontium; Yttrium; Lead; Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgment |
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3.5. Nickel3.6. The Manganese; 4. Iron; 5. Interpretation; Conclusion; References; Correlation between Millennial Mining Activities and Heavy Metal Pollution in Two Southwestern Spanish Estuaries; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Study Area; 2.1. Huelva Estuary; 2.2. Doñana National Park; 2.3. Mining Activity; 3. Methodology; 3.1. Grain Size and Palaeontology; 3.2. Geochemistry; 3.3. Measure of Metal Pollution; 3.4. Radiocarbon Dating; 4. Results And Discussion; 4.1. Brief Description of the Cores: Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction; 4.2. Heavy Metal Pollution vs Historical Mining |
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4.3. Measure of Metal PollutionConclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Heavy Metal Contamination Caused by Mining Activities in the Mar Menor Lagoon (SE Spain); Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. An Overview of the Mar Menor and Surrounding Territories; 3. Mining Activities in the Area: History; 4. Environmental Impacts of Mining in the Lagoon; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Heavy Metal Contamination in Selected Urban Coastal Regions in US and China; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Study Areas; 2.1. Lower Hudson River -- New York Harbor, USA; 2.2. Lower Passaic River, New Jersey, USA |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Soils -- Heavy metal content.
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Contaminated sediments.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Water Supply.
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Contaminated sediments
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Soils -- Heavy metal content
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sanz, Lucía H
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| ISBN |
9781614707547 |
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1614707545 |
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