Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in the Surrounding Soils and Surface Sediments in Xiawangang River, Qingshuitang District

Min Jiang; Guangming Zeng; Chang Zhang; Xiaoying Ma; Ming Chen; Jiachao Zhang; Lunhui Lu; Qian Yu; Langping Hu; Lifeng Liu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071176

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Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in the Surrounding Soils and Surface Sediments in Xiawangang River, Qingshuitang District

Min Jiang,

Affiliations College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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Guangming Zeng ,

* E-mail: zgming@hnu.edu.cn (GZ); zhangchang@hnu.edu.cn (CZ)

Affiliations College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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Chang Zhang ,

* E-mail: zgming@hnu.edu.cn (GZ); zhangchang@hnu.edu.cn (CZ)

Affiliations College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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Xiaoying Ma,

Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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Ming Chen,

Affiliations College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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Jiachao Zhang,

Affiliation College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
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Lunhui Lu,

Affiliations College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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Qian Yu,

Affiliations College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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Langping Hu,

Affiliations College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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Lifeng Liu

Affiliations College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in the Surrounding Soils and Surface Sediments in Xiawangang River, Qingshuitang District

Min Jiang,
Guangming Zeng,
Chang Zhang,
Xiaoying Ma,
Ming Chen,
Jiachao Zhang,
Lunhui Lu,
Qian Yu,
Langping Hu,
Lifeng Liu

Published: August 8, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071176

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