High-precision analysis on annual variations of heavy metals, lead isotopes and rare earth elements in mangrove tree rings by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 399-408

  Yu, Ke Fu ^a,b   Kamber, Balz S ^b,c   Lawrence, Michael G ^b   Greig, Alan ^b,d   Zhao, Jian Xin ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human activity; Mangrove; Pb isotopes; Rare earth elements; Trace elements; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANGROVE; PB ISOTOPES; TREE RING;

HEAVY METALS;

EID: 33847386612     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.11.127     Document Type: Article

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