Invasion of the abyssal North Atlantic by modern anthropogenic lead

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1477-1480

  Alleman, L Y ^a,b,d   Veron A J ^a,d   Church, T M ^b   Flegal, A R ^c   Hamelin, B ^a,d  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEAWATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

ADVECTIVE TRANSPORT; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; LEAD CONCENTRATION; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PENETRATION RATES; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; TRANSIENT TRACERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; MARINE POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC LEAD;

ABYSSAL ZONE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; LEAD; MARINE POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0344564180     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900287     Document Type: Article

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