Recent atmospheric lead deposition recorded in an ombrotrophic peat bog of Great Hinggan Mountains, Northeast China, from 210Pb and 137Cs dating

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 773-779

  Bao, K ^a,b   Xia, W ^c   Lu, X ^a,b   Wang, G ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; Metal pollution; Ombrotrophic peat bog; Pb deposition rate; Peat accumulation rate

Indexed keywords

210PB; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS; ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; ASH CONTENTS; ATMOSPHERIC LEAD; BULK DENSITY; COAL-BURNING; CONSTANT RATE; DEPOSITION PATTERNS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; ICP-AES; LEAD DEPOSITION; METAL POLLUTION; NORTHEAST CHINA; OMBROTROPHIC PEAT; PB CONCENTRATION; PB FLUX; PEAT ACCUMULATION; PEAT CORES; PEAT LAND; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; RADIOACTIVE MARKERS; RADIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CESIUM; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION RATES; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; PEAT; POLLUTION; WATER CONTENT; WETLANDS;

LEAD;

CESIUM 137; LEAD; LEAD 210;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASH; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BULK DENSITY; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LEAD ISOTOPE; MOSS; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; WATER CONTENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHINA; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

CHINA;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 77954219470     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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