Lead isotopes in the Western North Atlantic: Transient tracers of pollutant lead inputs

Environmental Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 104-111

  Veron A J ^a,b   Church, T M ^b   Flegal, A R ^c  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; LEAD; SEA WATER; TRACER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; LEAD; MARINE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOSPHERE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPOSPHERE; WATER POLLUTION;

(NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC;

EID: 0032146738     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3856     Document Type: Article

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