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Heavy Metals in topsoils

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GIS Maps (2008) produced by mapping the concentrations of eight critical heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, mercury, nickel, lead and zinc) using the 1588 georeferenced topsoil samples from the FOREGS Geochemical database. The concentrations were interpolated using block regression-kriging over the 26 European countries that contributed to the database.

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2026): Heavy Metals in topsoils. [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.CYRTW38 PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-esdac-9

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arseniccadmiumchromiumcopperheavy metalleadmercurynickelzinc

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Heavy Metals in topsoils
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European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Contact email
jrc-data-support (at) ec.europa.eu
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unknown

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Language(s)
English

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Data theme(s)
Science and technology

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Issued date
2008-01-01
Created date
02 Mar 2026 17:07
Modified date
14 Apr 2021 06:52
Landing page
https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/heavy-metals-topsoils 
Dataset identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-esdac-9
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