Characterization of soil samples according to their metal content

Soil samples were collected from two small agricultural fields located in Médanos and Hilario Ascasubi, Bahía Blanca, Argentina and analyzed for Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Eu, Fe, Hf, K, La, Na, Rb, Sc, Th, U, Yb, and Zn by instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). In order to evaluate the contribution...

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Published inJournal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry Vol. 281; no. 3; pp. 359 - 363
Main Authors Nunes, K. P., Munita, C. S., Vasconcellos, M. B. A., Oliveira, P. M. S., Croci, C. A., Faleiros, F. M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2009
Subjects
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Diagnostic Radiology
Discriminant analysis
Hadrons
Heavy Ions
High frequencies
Inorganic Chemistry
Nuclear Chemistry
Nuclear Physics
Physical Chemistry
Scandium
Similarity
Soil (material)
Uranium
Soil
Discriminant analysis
Procrustes analysis
Instrumental neutron activation analysis
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Summary:Soil samples were collected from two small agricultural fields located in Médanos and Hilario Ascasubi, Bahía Blanca, Argentina and analyzed for Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Eu, Fe, Hf, K, La, Na, Rb, Sc, Th, U, Yb, and Zn by instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). In order to evaluate the contribution of anthropogenic sources and the similarity/dissimilarity between the samples, the database was studied by means of enrichment factors (EF) and discriminant analysis (DA), respectively. In addition to identifying redundant variables without losing essential information, the data set was studied using forward stepwise discriminant analysis.
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ISSN:0236-5731
1588-2780
DOI:10.1007/s10967-009-0016-8