Dendrochemical record of historical lead contamination sources, wells G&H superfund site, Woburn, Massachusetts

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1488-1494

  Burnett, Aaron ^a   Kurtz, Andrew C ^a   Brabander, Daniel ^b   Shailer, Mark ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GASOLINE; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GASOLINE EMISSIONS; LEAD ISOTOPE; TREE RINGS;

FORESTRY;

GASOLINE; LEAD;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OAK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; LEAD; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MASSACHUSETTS; QUERCUS; SOIL; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TREES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; GASOLINE;

QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 34548811492     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0367     Document Type: Article

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