Tracing source pollution in soils using cadmium and lead isotopes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2525-2530

  Cloquet, C ^a,b   Carignan, J ^a   Libourel, G ^a,c   Sterckeman, T ^c   Perdrix, E ^d  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d ECOLE DES MINES DE DOUAI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; LEAD; ROCKS; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ANALYSIS;

CONSTRAINT MIXING; NATURAL CYCLES; TOPSOIL; UNCERTAINITIES;

SOILS;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPE; LEAD; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; LEAD; ROCKS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RESERVOIR; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE METAL;

ACCURACY; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; FRANCE; METAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; ROCK; SAMPLING; SLAG; SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FRANCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOTOPES; LEAD; METALLURGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

EID: 33646064147     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es052232+     Document Type: Article

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