Lead isotopes in lichen transplants around a Cu smelter in Russia determined by MC-ICP-MS reveal transient records of multiple sources

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 6522-6528

  Spiro, B ^a   Weiss, D J ^a,b   Purvis, O W ^a   Mikhailova, I ^c   Williamson, B J ^a   Coles, B J ^a,b   Udachin, V ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER SMELTING; HEAVY METALS; ISOTOPES; SOILS;

BIOMONITORING; LEAD ISOTOPES; LICHEN TRANSPLANTS;

LEAD;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPE; LEAD;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; DEPOSITION; HEAVY METAL; LICHEN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LICHEN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SMELTER; TRANSPLANTATION;

COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INDUSTRY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LICHENS; METALLURGY; RUSSIA;

CHELYABINSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KARABASH; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

HYPOGYMNIA; HYPOGYMNIA PHYSODES;

EID: 10644292716     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049277f     Document Type: Article

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