Pb isotopes as tracers of mining-related Pb in lichens, seaweed and mussels near a former Pb-Zn mine in West Greenland

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1319-1326

  Søndergaard, Jens ^a   Asmund, Gert ^a   Johansen, Poul ^a   Elberling, Bo ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY WEIGHT; MARINE SEDIMENTS; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; PB CONCENTRATION; PB ISOTOPES; SITE REMEDIATION; WEST GREENLAND;

ISOTOPES; MINING; POLLUTION; SEAWEED; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; ZINC;

LEAD;

LEAD;

BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; LICHEN; MINING; POLLUTANT; SEAWEED; TRACER;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHENS; MINING; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEAWEED;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GREENLAND; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LICHENS; MINING; SEAWEED;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 77949913270     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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