A reconstruction of changes in copper production and copper emissions to the atmosphere during the past 7000 years

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 188, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 183-193

  Hong, Sungmin ^a,d   Candelone, Jean Pierre ^a,c   Soutif, Michel ^b   Boutron, Claude F ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Copper; Greenland; Ice core; Industrial Revolution; Roman Empire; Sung Dynasty

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ICE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENLAND; HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA;

ROMAN;

COPPER EMISSIONS; COPPER PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HISTORICAL TRENDS; ICE CORE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030426037     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05171-6     Document Type: Article

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