Characterisation of 210Pb dated peat core by various X-ray fluorescence techniques

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 218, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 239-248

  Holynska, B ^a   Ostachowicz, B ^a   Ostachowicz, J ^a   Samek, L ^a   Wachniew, P ^a   Obidowicz, A ^b   Wobrauschek, P ^c   Streli, C ^c   Halmetschlager, G ^c  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Polska Akademia Nauk Oddzial w Krakowie   (Poland)

^c TU WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Heavy metal pollution; Ombrotrophic peat; X ray fluorescence analysis

Indexed keywords

LEAD 210;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CORE ANALYSIS; PEAT; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

ACCURACY; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENT; TECHNIQUE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

POLAND;

EID: 0032581402     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00211-3     Document Type: Article

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