Stable lead isotope compositions in selected coals from around the world and implications for present day aerosol source tracing

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1078-1085

  Diaz Somoano M ^a   Kylander, M E ^b   Lopez Anton M A ^a   Suarez Ruiz I ^a   Martinez Tarazona M R ^a   Ferrat, M ^c   Kober, B ^d   Weiss, D J ^c,e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL SOURCES; AUSTRALIA; AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS; COAL SAMPLES; COMPLEX MIXTURES; ISOTOPE RATIOS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LEAD CONCENTRATIONS; LEADED GASOLINES; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTS; PB ISOTOPES; PB POLLUTIONS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; REMOTE AREAS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES; STABLE LEAD ISOTOPES;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL TRANSPORTATION; GASOLINE; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LEAD DEPOSITS; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

COAL COMBUSTION;

COAL; GASOLINE; ISOTOPE; LEAD;

AEROSOL; COAL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRALIA; COAL MINING; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPE; GEOCHEMISTRY; NORTH AMERICA; PERU; POLLUTION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOLS; COAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64349093505     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801818r     Document Type: Article

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