Distribution of 36 element deposition rates in a historic mining and smelting area as determined through fine-scale biomonitoring techniques. Part I: Relative and absolute current atmospheric deposition levels detected by moss analyses

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 205-228

  Sucharova J ^a   Suchara, I ^a  

^a SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Lead smelter; Moss bioindicator; Multielemental analysis; Pollution; Uranium mines

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; MINING; SILVER; SMELTING;

ABSOLUTE ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION RATES; ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; MOSS MONITORING TECHNIQUE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; INDIUM; IRON; LANTHANUM; LEAD; LITHIUM; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NEODYMIUM; PRASEODYMIUM; RUBIDIUM; SCANDIUM; SILVER; THALLIUM; THORIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; VANADIUM; YTTRIUM; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MOSS; SMELTING;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; MOSS; POLLUTION MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAND; URANIUM MINE;

BRYOPHYTA; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI;

EID: 1842639186     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000019944.33209.83     Document Type: Article

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