Accumulation rates and predominant atmospheric sources of natural and anthropogenic Hg and Pb on the Faroe Islands

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Shotyk, W ^a   Goodsite, M E ^b,e   Roos Barraclough, F ^c,h   Givelet, N ^c   Le Roux, G ^a   Weiss, D ^d   Cheburkin, A K ^a   Knudsen, K ^e   Heinemeier, J ^f   van Der Knaap, W O ^c   Norton, S A ^g   Lohse, C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^h NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLANKET BOG; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PEAT; TEMPORAL RECORD;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 19944427551     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.06.011     Document Type: Article

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