A geoscientific perspective on airborne smelter emissions of metals in the environment : An overview

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 99-109

  Savard, Martine M ^a   Bonham Carter, Graeme F ^a   Banic, Catherine M ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic accumulations; Geogenic contributions; Metals; Plume; Smelters

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; METALS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACCUMULATIONS; GEOGENIC; MATHEMATICAL ESTIMATION; METALS AND METALLOIDS; PLUME; SMELTERS; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS;

SMELTING;

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; METAL; PLUME; SMELTING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745841342     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/05-095     Document Type: Review

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