A new approach for quantifying cumulative, anthropogenic, atmospheric lead deposition using peat cores from bogs: Pb in eight Swiss peat bog profiles

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 249, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 281-295

  Shotyk, W ^a   Blaser, P ^b   Grunig A ^b   Cheburkin, A K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c EMMA Analytical Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric lead pollution; Peat bogs; Scandium; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

LEAD; SCANDIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; LEAD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PEATLAND;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SWITZERLAND; TECHNIQUE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; LEAD; SCANDIUM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STRONTIUM; SWITZERLAND; ZIRCONIUM;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0034678751     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00523-9     Document Type: Article

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