Availability of heavy metals in contaminated soil evidenced by chemical extractants

Heavy metals have been accumulating in Brazilian soils, due to natural processes, such as atmospheric deposition, or human industrial activities. For certain heavy metals, when in high concentrations in the soil, there is no specific extractant to determine the availability of these elements in the...

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Main Authors: Maria Ligia de Souza Silva, Camila de Carvalho Braga Levy, Godofredo Cesar Vitti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal De Viçosa 2012-06-01
Series:Revista Ceres
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-737X2012000300017&lng=en&tlng=en