Heavy metal concentrations in soils from a remote oceanic island, Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
This paper examines the role of parent rock, pedogenetic processes and airborne pollution in heavy metal accumulation in soils from a remote oceanic island, Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. We studied five soil profiles developed from different volcanic rocks. Mineralogical composition and total concent...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2011-12-01
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Series: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652011000400007 |