Trace metal (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn) fractionation in urban-industrial …
Introduction. Soils of heavily urbanized and industrialized areas are prone to acute contamination with different biologically harmful substances among which trace metals (i.e., elements having concentrations below 100 mg kg −1 (IUPAC 2006), e.g., Cd, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Zn) play a major role.These metals are primarily delivered to soils via atmospheric deposition of …