The origin of atmospheric lead in Oslo, Norway, studied with the use of isotopic ratios

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3335-3344

  Aberg G ^a   Pacyna, J M ^b   Stray, H ^a   Skjelkvale B L ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atmospheric long range transport; Emission source apportionment; Gasoline combustion; Lead isotopes; Tree rings; Wood combustion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; EMISSION SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; GASOLINE COMBUSTION; LEAD ISOTOPES; TREE RINGS; WOOD COMBUSTION;

AIR POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; CONTAMINATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GASOLINE; ISOTOPES; WOOD;

LEAD;

GASOLINE; ISOTOPE; LEAD; LEAD 204; LEAD 206; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LEAD; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMBUSTION; CONTAMINATION; EUROPE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; TREE; WOOD;

NORWAY;

EID: 0033197933     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00392-6     Document Type: Article

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