Trace elements and precious metals in snow samples from the immediate vicinity of nickel processing plants, Kola Peninsula, northwest Russia

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 221-232

  Gregurek, D ^a   Reimann, C ^b   Stumpft, E F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Industrial emissions; Kola peninsula; Precious metals; Snow; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000395274     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0269-7491(98)00090-6     Document Type: Article

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