Geochemistry of Heavy Metals in Urban Environments

Subject Areas : Water and Environment

Ramin Salmasi ¹

1 - Assistant Professor of Soil Science, Research center of agricultural and natural resource East Azarbayejan

Received: 2013-04-08 Accepted : 2013-06-23 Published : 2013-09-23

Keywords: Pollution, Human, soil,

Abstract :

With attention to increasing trend of world population, knowledge of interrelationships betweenhuman and urban environment is necessary. Growth and development of urban environmentalgeochemistry caused huge quantity of scientific data has found about geochemical process of urbanenvironments such as distribution, diffusion, and chemical properties of some toxic elements. Reviewof urban geochemistry in different steps from appearance to today’s important skills, are goals of thispaper. Geochemistry of urban environments gives valuable information.

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