Natural lead isotope variations in the atmosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 44-53

  Kylander, Malin E ^a   Klaminder, Jonatan ^b   Bindler, Richard ^b   Weiss, Dominik J ^c,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aerosol; atmospheric deposition; mineral dust; Pb isotopes; volcano

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DYNAMICS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; AUSTRALIA; BACKGROUND RATIO; EARTH SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; ICE CORE RECORDS; ISOTOPE DATA; ISOTOPE EXCURSION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MINERAL DUST; PB ISOTOPES; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THREE-ISOTOPE PLOT; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC EMISSION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MINERALS; PEAT; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

LEAD;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DETECTION METHOD; DUST; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEAD ISOTOPE; PEAT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 74149086957     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.055     Document Type: Article

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