The behavior of natural and anthropogenic osmium in Long Island Sound, an urban estuary in the eastern U.S.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 341-347

  Williams, Gwyneth ^a   Marcantonio, Franco ^a,b   Turekian, Karl K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine sedimentation; Geochemistry; Iron oxides; Long Island Sound; Metals; New York City New York; Organic carbon; Os 187 Os 186; Osmium; Oxidation; Platinum group; Pollutants; Radioactive isotopes; Reduction; Sewage sludge; Tracers

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; OSMIUM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PROVENANCE; SEWAGE;

USA, CONNECTICUT, LONG ISLAND SOUND; USA, NEW YORK, LONG ISLAND SOUND;

EID: 0030745064     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00022-8     Document Type: Article

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