A comparison of the isotopic composition of lead in rainwater, surface vegetation and tree bark at the long-term monitoring site, Glensaugh, Scotland, in 2007

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3704-3710

  Farmer, John G ^a   Eades, Lorna J ^a   Graham, Margaret C ^a   Cloy, Joanna M ^a   Bacon, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lead; Lead isotopes; Moss; Rainwater; Tree bark

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; GASOLINE; ISOTOPES; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL TESTS; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENT; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; LEAD CONCENTRATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; LEADED PETROL; LONG TERM MONITORING; MEAN VALUES; MOSS; SCOTLAND; SCOTS PINE; SURFACE VEGETATION; T-TESTS; TREE BARKS; UNLEADED PETROL; UPLAND CATCHMENT; VEGETATION SAMPLING;

LEAD;

LEAD; PEAT; RAIN; ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BARK; CATCHMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; MOSS; RAINWATER; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BARK; GRASS; MONITORING; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION; ANALYSIS; CALLUNA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHEN (ORGANISM); METABOLISM; PLANT; POLLUTANT; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

BARK; FORESTRY; GASOLINE; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MOSS; PLANTS; RUNOFF; TREES;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BRYOPHYTA; CALLUNA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

CALLUNA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LICHENS; PLANT BARK; PLANTS; RAIN; SCOTLAND; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

EID: 77953797231     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.03.050     Document Type: Article

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