Tracing sources of atmospheric pollution in Western Canada using the Pb isotopic composition and heavy metal abundances of epiphytic lichens

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2853-2865

  Simonetti, Antonio ^a   Gariépy, Clément ^a   Carignan, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Anthropogenic; Heavy metals; Lead isotopes; Lichens

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; HEAVY METALS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ISOTOPE; LEAD 206; LEAD 207; TRACE METAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; LICHEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CANADA; EPIPHYTE; LATITUDE; LICHEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

(WEST); CANADA;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0037863731     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00210-3     Document Type: Article

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