The isotopic composition of anthropogenic Pb in soil profiles of Northern Germany: Evidence for pollutant Pb from a continent-wide mixing system

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 113-134

  Haack, Udo K ^a   Heinrichs, Hartmut ^b   Gutsche, Frank H ^a   Plessow, Kirsten ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continent wide system for Pb; European Standard Lead Pollution; Pb pollution in soils; Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

DUST; FORESTRY; GASOLINE; LEAD; ORE DEPOSITS;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

SOIL MECHANICS;

GASOLINE; IRON OXIDE; LEAD; SILICATE;

ARTICLE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EUROPE; FOREST; GERMANY; PROTEROZOIC; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 0242610391     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026142501593     Document Type: Article

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