Multiple Pb sources in marine sediments near the Australian Antarctic Station, Casey

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 389, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 466-474

  Townsend, A T ^a,b   Snape, I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Casey Station; Magnetic sector ICP MS; Pb isotope ratios; Wilkes Station

Indexed keywords

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CASEY STATION; PB ISOTOPE RATIOS; WILKES STATION;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

ISOTOPE; LEAD;

ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GEOLOGY; MAGNETIC SECTOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SAMPLE; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPEDITIONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BROKEN HILL; CASEY STATION; EAST ANTARCTICA; IDAHO; MISSOURI; MOUNT ISA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORTH AMERICA; QUEENSLAND; UNITED STATES; WILKES STATION;

THALA;

EID: 36048974511     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.09.022     Document Type: Article

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