Reconstructing 20th century lead pollution and sediment focusing in a peat land pool (Kempen, Belgium), via 210Pb dating

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-107

  Sonke, Jeroen E ^a   Burnett, William C ^b   Hoogewerff, Jurian A ^c   Van Der Laan, Sieger R ^d   Vangronsveld, Jaco ^e   Corbett, D Reide ^b,f  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d Delft University of Technology Corus Research Development and Technology   (Netherlands)

^e HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Lead; Organic sediment; Sediment focusing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; PEATLAND; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SMELTING; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WIND DIRECTION;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0038128660     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022858715171     Document Type: Article

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