Origin and fluxes of atmospheric REE entering an ombrotrophic peat bog in Black Forest (SW Germany): Evidence from snow, lichens and mosses

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2815-2826

  Aubert, Dominique ^a   Le Roux, Gaël ^a   Krachler, Michael ^a   Cheburkin, Andriy ^a   Kober, Bernd ^a   Shotyk, William ^a   Stille, Peter ^b  

^a Institut für Umwelt Geochemie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; LICHEN; MOSS; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33646428949     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.02.020     Document Type: Article

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