Smelter dust in humus around Rouyn-Noranda, Québec

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 203-214

  Knight, R D ^a   Henderson, P J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundance; Image analysis; Morphology; Size; Slag; Smelter particle; Spatial distribution; Texture

Indexed keywords

DUST; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SLAGS; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEXTURES; WEATHERING;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; GEOCHEMICAL METHODS; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; MICROBEAM ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MECHANISM; SIZE; WEATHERING PROCESS;

SMELTING;

ACCUMULATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DEPOSITION; DUST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMUS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; SLAG; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; ROUYN-NORANDA;

EID: 33745806560     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/05-087     Document Type: Article

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