Retention of As and Sb in ombrotrophic peat bogs: Records of As, Sb, and Pb deposition at four Scottish sites

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1756-1762

  Cloy, Joanna M ^a   Farmer, John G ^a   Graham, Margaret C ^a   Mackenzie, Angus B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DATA SOURCES; DEPTH PROFILES; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; EXHAUST EMISSIONS; HISTORICAL RECORDS; LEADED GASOLINES; NEW SOURCES; NUTRIENT ELEMENTS; OMBROTROPHIC PEATS; ORGANIC MATTERS; SITE SPECIFICS;

COAL COMBUSTION; GASOLINE; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PEAT; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; WETLANDS;

LEAD;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; GASOLINE; LEAD; LEAD 210; MANGANESE;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; DEPOSITION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; EXHAUST EMISSION; LEAD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; RETENTION;

ARTICLE; SPHAGNUM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LEAD; SCOTLAND; SOIL; TIME;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 64549145356     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802573e     Document Type: Article

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