Distribution and pathways of heavy metals and sulphur in the vicinity of the copper-nickel smelters in Nikel and Zapoljarnij, Kola Peninsula, Russia, as revealed by different sample media

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 25-34

  Niskavaara, Heikki ^a   Reimann, Clemens ^b   Chekushin, Viktor ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c Central Kola Expedition   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL; SMELTING; SOIL; SULPHUR; COPPER; NICKEL; POLLUTION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, KOLA PENINSULA, NIKEL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION, KOLA PENINSULA, ZAPOLJARNIJ;

EID: 0029663837     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0883-2927(95)00052-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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