Distribution of the platinum group elements in peat deposit near a historic lead and silver mining district

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-163

  Strnad, Ladislav ^a   Mihaljevič, Martin ^a   Ettler, Vojtěch ^a   Barsová, Linda ^b   Zuna, Milan ^a   Šebek, Ondřej ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Mining smelting; Peat; PGE (platinum group elements); P bram

Indexed keywords

CZECH REPUBLIC; FIRE ASSAY; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); MINING DISTRICT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS (PEG); QUADRUPOLE;

DEPOSITS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; MINING; PEAT; PLATINUM; PRECIOUS METALS; SILVER; TRANSITION METALS;

LEAD DEPOSITS;

LEAD; PEAT; PLATINUM; SILVER;

ARTICLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINING;

CZECH REPUBLIC; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; IRIDIUM; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLURGY; MINING; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RHODIUM; SILVER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 46649110539     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9407-8     Document Type: Article

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