The graphical presentation of lead isotope data for environmental source apportionment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3490-3492

  Ellam, R M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lead isotopes; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXING; GRAPHICAL PRESENTATIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; LEAD ISOTOPE RATIOS; MULTIPLE SOURCE; PB ISOTOPES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; TWO SOURCES;

ISOTOPES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

LEAD;

LEAD; LEAD 204; LEAD 206; LEAD 207; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOTOPE;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; MIXING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; METAL RECOVERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOTOPES; LEAD;

EID: 77953810662     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.03.037     Document Type: Article

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