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SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Costa JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5224874 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20170110 1
This study determines the influence of the different soil components and of the cation-exchange capacity on the adsorption and retention of different heavy metals: cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, lead and zinc. In order to do so, regression models were created through decision trees and the importance of soil components was assessed. Used variables were: humified organic matter, specific cation-exchange capacity, percentages of sand and silt, proportions of Mn, Fe and Al oxides and hematite, ...[more]