Heavy metal concentrations in peat profiles from the high Arctic

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 105-111

  Headley, Alistair D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coal; guano; heavy metals; High Arctic; peat; seabird colony

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARCTIC MIRE; CONTAMINANT MIGRATION; GUANO; HEAVY METAL; MIRE; PEAT; SEA BIRD COLONY; SEABIRD COLONY;

SVALBARD, SPITSBERGEN, KONGSFJORD;

AVES; CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 0029668424     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04867-7     Document Type: Article

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