Pb and Sr isotopic compositions of snowpack from Quebec, Canada: Inferences on the sources and deposition budgets of atmospheric heavy metals

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-20

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; HEAVY METAL; LEAD ISOTOPE; SNOWPACK; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CANADA;

EID: 0343673935     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00207-0     Document Type: Article

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