A sediment record of trace metal loadings in the Upper Mississippi River

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 623-639

  Balogh, Steven J ^a   Engstrom, Daniel R ^b   Almendinger, James E ^b   McDermott, Charlene ^a   Hu, Jie ^a   Nollet, Yabing H ^a   Meyer, Michael L ^a,c   Johnson, D Kent ^a  

^a Metropolitan Council Environmental Services   (United States)

^b ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Pepin; Lake sediment; Lead isotopes; Mississippi River; Trace metals; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CORE ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; LEAD ISOTOPE; POLLUTION CONTROL; TRACE METAL; WASTEWATER; WATERSHED;

LAKE PEPIN; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349240205     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9295-2     Document Type: Article

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