A two century record of lead isotopes in high altitude Alpine snow and ice

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 413-424

  Rosman, K J R ^a   Ly, C ^a   Van De Velde, K ^b   Boutron, C F ^b,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Greenland; Ice; Isotope ratios; Lead; Mont Blanc; Pollution; Seasonal variations; Snow

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ICE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; POLLUTION; SNOW;

FRANCE;

EID: 0034732169     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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