Origin of lead in the Gulf of California Ecoregion using stable isotope analysis

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-217

  Soto Jiménez, Martin F ^a   Flegal, A Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of California; Pb isotopic ratios; Pb sources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EFFLUENTS; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; AUTOMOTIVE EMISSIONS; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES; ESTUARY SEDIMENTS; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HR ICP-MS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA- MASS SPECTROMETRIES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; LEAD CONCENTRATIONS; LEADED GASOLINES; ME-XICO; MIXING MODELS; NATURAL WEATHERINGS; NORTH AMERICANS; PB CONCENTRATIONS; PB ISOTOPIC RATIOS; PB SOURCES; RIVER RUNOFFS; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; STREET DUSTS; THERMAL IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS; URBAN STREET DUSTS; WATER COLUMNS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; DUST; EFFLUENTS; GASOLINE; GLASS MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; NATURAL GASOLINE; ROADS AND STREETS; RUNOFF; RURAL AREAS; SEWAGE; SOILS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

LEAD;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD; RURAL AREA; STABLE ISOTOPE; URBAN AREA; WATER COLUMN;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 64149129377     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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