Isotopic composition and concentration of Pb in suspended particulate matter of the Irish Sea reveals distribution and sources

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-88

  Charlesworth, M E ^a,d   Chenery, S ^b   Mellor, A ^a   Service, M ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contamination; Irish Sea; Isotopes; Lead; Sediments

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER DISCHARGES; IRISH SEA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATES;

COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; ISOTOPES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTS;

LEAD;

FRESH WATER; LEAD;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGRAPHY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEA; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

EID: 31144451132     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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