You need JavaScript to view this

Contamination of urban garden soils with copper, boron, and lead

Abstract

Spectrochemical analysis of representative samples of topsoil from urban gardens and from individual fields in rural areas indicates that the level of total copper, EDTA-extractable copper, water-soluble boron, and acetic-acid extractable lead are markedly enhanced in urban areas. No significant differences were discovered between levels of these elements in soils from built-up areas in small towns and large conurbations. These results suggest the possibility of general enhancement of the trace element content of plants grown in private gardens in built-up areas.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Apr 01, 1967
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-84-186375
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Plant Soil; (Netherlands); Journal Volume: 26:2
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; BORON; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; COPPER; LEAD; AIR POLLUTION; BUILDUP; POLLUTANTS; SOILS; ELEMENTS; MASS TRANSFER; METALS; POLLUTION; SEMIMETALS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; 510200* - Environment, Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 500200 - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)
OSTI ID:
6355678
Research Organizations:
Edinburgh School of Agriculture, Scotland
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: PLSOA
Submitting Site:
HEDB
Size:
Pages: 380-382
Announcement Date:
Nov 01, 1984

Citation Formats

Purves, D. Contamination of urban garden soils with copper, boron, and lead. Netherlands: N. p., 1967. Web.
Purves, D. Contamination of urban garden soils with copper, boron, and lead. Netherlands.
Purves, D. 1967. "Contamination of urban garden soils with copper, boron, and lead." Netherlands.
@misc{etde_6355678,
title = {Contamination of urban garden soils with copper, boron, and lead}
author = {Purves, D}
abstractNote = {Spectrochemical analysis of representative samples of topsoil from urban gardens and from individual fields in rural areas indicates that the level of total copper, EDTA-extractable copper, water-soluble boron, and acetic-acid extractable lead are markedly enhanced in urban areas. No significant differences were discovered between levels of these elements in soils from built-up areas in small towns and large conurbations. These results suggest the possibility of general enhancement of the trace element content of plants grown in private gardens in built-up areas.}
journal = []
volume = {26:2}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {1967}
month = {Apr}
}