Mechanisms and Pathways of Trace Element Mobility in Soils
R. Carrillo-Gonzalez,1 Jirka Simunek,2,* Sebastien Sauve3 and Domy Adriano4
1Colegio de Postgraduados, Carr. Mexico-Texcoco km 36.5, 56230
Texcoco, Mexico
2Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California,
Riverside, California 32521
3Environmental Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Department
of Chemistry, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, QC H1Y 3 M4, Canada
4Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia,
Drawer E, Aiken, South Carolina 29802
Introduction
Trace elements, hereafter referred to as TEs, are a major group of contaminants
worldwide arising from natural and anthropogenic sources. In the modern
era, the anthropogenic sources arising primarily from industrialization
have assumed paramount importance in the quality and sustainability of
ecosystems (Adriano, 2001). The main anthropogenic sources include mining
and smelting of metallic ores, combustion of coal and other fossil fuels,
use of pesticides in agriculture and timber industry, manufacturing, landfills,
and so on.
*Corresponding author
SREL
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Carillo-Gonzalez, R., J. Simunek, S. Sauve and D. Adriano. 2006. Mechanisms and Pathways of Trace Element Mobility in Soils. Advances Agronomy 91:111-178.
