Regional patterns of heavy metals (Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, V and Zn) and sulphur in terrestrial moss samples as indication of airborne pollution in a 188,000 km2 area in northern Finland, Norway and Russia

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 269-281

  Äyräs, Matti ^a   Niskavaara, Heikki ^a   Bogatyrev, Igor ^b   Chekushin, Viktor ^c   Pavlov, Vladimir ^c   De Caritat, Patrice ^d   Halleraker, Jo H ^d   Finne, Tor Erik ^d   Kashulina, Galina ^d,e   Reimann, Clemens ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Kola Geol Info Laboratory Centre   (Russian Federation)

^c Central Kola Expedition   (Russian Federation)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^e INSTITUTE OF NORTH INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Kola peninsula; Pollution; Regional distribution pattern; Regional mapping; Terrestrial moss

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MAPPING; NICKEL MINES; SMELTING; SOILS; SULFUR; VANADIUM; ZINC;

REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERN; TERRESTRIAL MOSS; TOPSOILS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITOR; HEAVY METAL; MINING; MOSS; SMELTING;

ARCTIC; FINLAND; NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0031111871     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(96)00077-5     Document Type: Article

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