Abstract: The knowledge of the trace elements in soils of the Pampas remains fragmentary. Agriculture has been intensified in this region increasing the crop demand of micronutrients and increasing the use of fertilizers, which could add measurable quantities of trace elements to soils. We analysed the status of 12 trace elements in three soil fractions of different availability. Typic Argiudolls (soil taxonomy) from six locations of northern Buenos Aires province were sampled. Arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), iron (Fe...
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Environmental chemistry