Heavy metals in soils /
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Imprint: | Glasgow : Blackie ; New York : Halsted Press, 1990. |
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Description: | xiii, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1056024 |
Summary: | Provides a comprehensive review of heavy metals in soils, methods of analysis, and the impact of these metals on the environment. Each element is given a chapter of its own, with emphasis on soil-chemical processes and factors influencing the availability of metals to plants. Also discusses health effects, soil-plant-animal/human pathways, and soil as a source and sink for metals. |
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Physical Description: | xiii, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 0470215984 |