Geochemical gradients in soil O-horizon samples from southern Norway: Natural or anthropogenic?

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-76

  Reimann, C ^a   Englmaier, P ^b   Flem, B ^a   Gough, L ^c   Lamothe, P ^c   Nordgulen, O ^a   Smith, D ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARSENIC; BARIUM; COPPER; GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; GOLD; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MOLYBDENUM; SILVER; SODIUM; SOILS; STRONTIUM; TIN; VEGETATION; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORTS; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; ENRICHMENT PATTERNS; IN CONCENTRATIONS; LEAD ISOTOPES; LONG RANGES; NATURAL CONDITIONS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PB CONCENTRATIONS; SURVEY AREAS; VEGETATION ZONES;

POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; SOIL HORIZON; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 58049086643     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.11.021     Document Type: Article

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