Flora A. Vega

Best Publications

• Competitive sorption and desorption of heavy metals by individual soil components

  E.F. Covelo;F.A. Vega;M.L. Andrade

  410
  Citations

• Competitive sorption and desorption of heavy metals in mine soils: influence of mine soil characteristics.

  F.A. Vega;E.F. Covelo;M.L. Andrade

  254
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• Heavy metal adsorption by humic umbrisols: selectivity sequences and competitive sorption kinetics

  E.F. Covelo;M.L. Andrade;F.A. Vega

  228
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• Relationships between heavy metals content and soil properties in minesoils

  F.A. Vega;E.F. Covelo;M.L. Andrade;P. Marcet

  221
  Citations

• The dynamics of heavy metals in plant-soil interactions

  Sebastián D. Guala;Flora A. Vega;Emma F. Covelo

  212
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• Time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectroscopy: a preliminary study of the distribution of Cu2+ and Cu2+/Pb2+ on a Bt horizon surfaces.

  B. Cerqueira;F.A. Vega;C. Serra;L.F.O. Silva

  175
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• Influence of soil properties on the sorption and retention of cadmium, copper and lead, separately and together, by 20 soil horizons: Comparison of linear regression and tree regression analyses

  F.A. Vega;M.L. Andrade;E.F. Covelo

  173
  Citations

• Sequential extraction of heavy metals in soils from a copper mine: Distribution in geochemical fractions

  D. Arenas-Lago;M.L. Andrade;M. Lago-Vila;A. Rodríguez-Seijo

  148
  Citations

• Effects of vegetation on chemical and mineralogical characteristics of soils developed on a decantation bank from a copper mine.

  Beatriz Cerqueira;Flora A. Vega;Luis F.O. Silva;Luisa Andrade

  140
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• Simultaneous sorption and desorption of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn in acid soils I. Selectivity sequences.

  E F Covelo;F A Vega;M L Andrade

  138
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• The influence of soil properties on the individual and competitive sorption and desorption of Cu and Cd

  Beatriz Cerqueira;Emma F. Covelo;Luisa Andrade;Flora A. Vega

  119
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• Heavy metal sorption and desorption capacity of soils containing endogenous contaminants.

  Emma Fernández Covelo;Flora Alonso Vega;M. Luisa Andrade

  118
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• Simultaneous sorption and desorption of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn in acid soils II. Soil ranking and influence of soil characteristics.

  E.F. Covelo;F.A. Vega;M.L. Andrade

  117
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• Effect of the Prestige oil spill on salt marsh soils on the coast of Galicia (northwestern Spain).

  M. L. Andrade;E. F. Covelo;F. A. Vega;P. Marcet

  109
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• Effects of tree vegetation and waste amendments on the fractionation of Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn in polluted mine soils.

  Verónica Asensio;Flora A. Vega;Bal Ram Singh;Emma F. Covelo

  105
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• Tree vegetation and waste amendments to improve the physical condition of copper mine soils.

  V. Asensio;F.A. Vega;M.L. Andrade;E.F. Covelo

  104
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• Soil interaction and fractionation of added cadmium in some Galician soils

  D. Arenas-Lago;F.A. Vega;L.F.O. Silva;M.L. Andrade

  91
  Citations

• Origin and spatial distribution of metals in urban soils

  Andrés Rodríguez-Seijo;María Luisa Andrade;Flora A. Vega

  82
  Citations

• Sorption and desorption of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn by a Fibric Histosol and its organo-mineral fraction.

  E.F. Covelo;F.A. Vega;M.L. Andrade

  80
  Citations

• A versatile parameter for comparing the capacities of soils for sorption and retention of heavy metals dumped individually or together: results for cadmium, copper and lead in twenty soil horizons.

  F.A. Vega;E.F. Covelo;M.L. Andrade

  75
  Citations