A paleolimnological perspective on industrial-era metal pollution in the central Andes, Peru

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 393, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 262-272

  Cooke, Colin A ^a,b   Abbott, Mark B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Lake sediment; Peru; Pollution; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; SEDIMENTS; SMELTING; TRACE ELEMENTS;

INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; LAKE SEDIMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ARSENIC; LEAD; MANGANESE;

ACCUMULATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; MANGANESE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHRONOLOGY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRY; METALS; PERU; SULFUR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANDES; CERRO DE PASCO; JUNIN; LAGUNA CHIPIAN; LAGUNA PIRHUACOCHA; MOROCOCHA; PASCO; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39749140203     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.12.034     Document Type: Article

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