Distributions, inventories and isotopic composition of lead in 210Pb-dated peat cores from contrasting biogeochemical environments: Implications for lead mobility

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-35

  MacKenzie, A B ^a   Logan, E M ^a,b   Cook, G T ^a   Pulford, I D ^b  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

210Pb; Lead; Minerotrophic peat; Mobility; Ombrotrophic peat

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; LEAD; LEAD 210; RADON;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; LEAD; PEAT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031723079     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00302-7     Document Type: Article

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