Mired in the past - looking to the future: Geochemistry of peat and the analysis of past environmental changes

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 209-221

  Bindler, Richard ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

climate change; geochemistry; lead; mercury; peat

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PEAT; POLLEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33748593103     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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