Osmium isotopes and silver as tracers of anthropogenic metals in sediments from Massachusetts and Cape Cod bays

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 2753-2763

  Ravizza, G E ^a   Bothner, M H ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; OSMIUM; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SILVER; TRACER; TRACERS;

USA, MASSACHUSETTS, CAPE COD BAY; USA, MASSACHUSETTS, MASSACHUSETTS BAY;

EID: 0029853089     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00108-1     Document Type: Article

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