Isotopic evidence of pollutant lead transport from North America to the subtropical North Atlantic gyre

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 4423-4428

  Hamelin, B ^a   Ferrand, J L ^a   Alleman, L ^a   Nicolas, E ^b   Veron, A ^a  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

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EID: 0000996894     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00242-1     Document Type: Article

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