The sedimentary record of environmental lead contamination at St. Louis, Missouri (USA) area smelters

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-203

  Vermillion, Brian ^a   Brugam, Richard ^b   Retzlaff, William ^b   Bala, Indu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Lake sediment; Pb isotopes; Pb pollution; Pb smelting

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAKE POLLUTION; LEAD ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CORE; SMELTING;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13844280392     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-004-4078-x     Document Type: Article

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