Changes in the atmospheric deposition of minor and rare elements between 1975 and 2000 in south Sweden, as measured by moss analysis

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 417-423

  Rühling, Åke ^a   Tyler, Germund ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decrease; Dust; Heavy metals; Rare earths; Rare elements

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; RAIN; SILVER; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BRYOPHYTES; TERRITORIAL DEPOSITION;

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CERIUM; DYSPROSIUM; ERBIUM; GADOLINIUM; GERMANIUM; HOLMIUM; INDIUM; IRON; LANTHANIDE; LANTHANUM; LEAD; LITHIUM; LUTETIUM; NEODYMIUM; PRASEODYMIUM; SAMARIUM; SILVER; TERBIUM; THULIUM; TIN; TUNGSTEN; UNINDEXED DRUG; URANIUM; VANADIUM; YTTRIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DUST; HEAVY METAL; MOSS; POLLUTION MONITORING; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; FOREST; MOSS; NONHUMAN; SWEDEN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, RARE EARTH; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI;

EID: 3142707188     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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