A comparison of tree rings and peat deposit geochemical archives in the vicinity of a lead smelter

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 188, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 311-321

  Mihaljevič, Martin ^a   Zuna, Milan ^a   Ettler, Vojtěch ^a   Chrastný, Vladislav ^b   Šebek, Ondřej ^a   Strnad, Ladislav ^a   Kyncl, Tomáš ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Lead; Lead isotopes; Lead smelter; Peat cores; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; FORESTRY; PEAT;

LEAD ISOTOPES; PEAT CORES; TREE RINGS;

LEAD SMELTING;

LEAD; PEAT;

EMISSION CONTROL; FORESTRY; LEAD SMELTING; PEAT;

ACID DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; LEAD ISOTOPE; METALLURGY; PEAT; SAMPLING; SMELTING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; TREE RING;

ACID DEPOSITION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; SMELTER; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANISM;

EMISSION; FORESTRY; LEAD; PEAT; SMELTING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 38349126704     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9546-2     Document Type: Article

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