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pollution sources, like tyre wear, brake linings or mechanical abrasion and reach
roadside soils by road run off.
Finally, it has also been observed that guard rails surrounding the roads are a
very important input of Zn to soils under them.
Acknowledgements
This work has been financially supported by the ETORTEK Program of the
Basque Government through the BERRILUR II Project (ref. IE06-179). J.A. Carrero and O. Barrutia
are grateful respectively to the University of the Basque Country and the Spanish Ministry of
Science and Technology for their fellowships.
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