Roman road pollution assessed by elemental and lead isotope geochemistry in East Belgium

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3253-3266

  Renson, Virginie ^a   Fagel, Nathalie ^a   Mattielli, Nadine ^b   Nekrassoff, Serge ^c   Streel, Maurice ^a   De Vleeschouwer, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Station Scientifique des Hautes Fagnes   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; EARTH SCIENCES; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LEAD DEPOSITS; LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSITS; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; ZINC;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES; BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; GEOARCHAEOLOGY; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACTS; LEAD ISOTOPES; METAL POLLUTIONS; ORE MININGS; PB CONCENTRATIONS; PEATLAND;

ORES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEAD ISOTOPE; METAL; MINING; ORE DEPOSIT; POLLUTION; ROAD; ROMAN ERA;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56649091291     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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