Laser ablation ICP-MS analyses of tree-ring profiles in pine and birch from N Norway and NW Russia a reliable record of the pollution history of the area?

Environmental Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-16

  Garbe Schonberg C D ^a   Reimann, C ^b   Pavlov, V A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c Geological Expedition   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; ICP MS laser ablation; Pollution history; Tree ring profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342777085     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050188     Document Type: Article

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