Isotopic evidence of pollutant lead sources in northwestern France

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3377-3388

  Véron, Alain ^a   Flament, Pascal ^b   Bertho, Marie Laure ^b   Alleman, Laurent ^a   Flegal, Russell ^c   Hamelin, Bruno ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS 1363   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; France; Isotopes; Pollutant lead

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DIAMETERS; AIR MASS TRAJECTORIES; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; STABLE LEAD ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ISOTOPES; LEAD SMELTING; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; STEEL METALLURGY;

LEAD;

GASOLINE; ISOTOPE; LEAD;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; FRANCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METAL INDUSTRY; METALLURGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

FRANCE;

EID: 0033198088     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00376-8     Document Type: Article

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