Human impacts in Antartica: Trace-element geochemistry of freshwater lakes in the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

Environmental Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 963-976

  Gasparon, M ^a   Burgess, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Anthropogenic contamination; Larsemann Hills; Trace metals; Water geochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; HUMAN IMPACTS; LARSEMANN HILLS; TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY;

ANTARCTICA; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; TRACE ELEMENTS; WIND;

NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

FRESHWATER; LAKE; LEAD; POLAR REGION; POLLUTION; URANIUM; ZINC;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033626090     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002549900010     Document Type: Article

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