Comparison of sulphur and heavy metal contents and their regional distribution in humus and moss samples from the vicinity of Nikel and Zapoljarnij, Kola Peninsula, Russia

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 361-380

  Äyräs, Matti ^a   Pavlov, Vladimir ^b   Reimann, Clemens ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Central Kola Expedition   (Russian Federation)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Airborne pollution; Copper; Humus; Hylocomium splendens; Nickel; Nickel smelter; Pleurozium schreberi; Sulphur; Terrestrial moss

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; NICKEL; NICKEL SMELTING; ORE ROASTING; POLLUTION DETECTION; SULFUR;

HUMUS; MOSS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITOR; HEAVY METAL; HEAVY METALS; HUMUS; INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE; MOSS; POLLUTION MONITORING; REGIONAL PATTERN; SULPHUR; SULPHUR EMISSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MOSS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SMELTER; SOIL POLLUTION;

KOLA PENINSULA; MURMANSK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

BRYOPHYTA; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; KOLA; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI;

EID: 0031239553     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02047044     Document Type: Article

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