Comparison of anthropogenic metal deposition rates with excess soil loading from coal, oil and gas industries in the Usa River Basin, NW Russia

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-314

  Walker, Tony R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ash fallout; Coal combustion; Russian Arctic; Soil and snow chemistry; Soil loading; Usa River Basin

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COAL MINING; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; TOPSOIL; TRACE METAL;

EURASIA; KOMI; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; USA BASIN;

EID: 29444435250     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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