Pollution history from 256 BC to AD 2005 inferred from the accumulation of elements in a varve record of lake korttajärvi in Finland

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 531-545

  Meriläinen, Jarmo J ^a   Kustula, Virve ^a   Witick, Allan ^a   Haltia Hovi, Eeva ^b,c   Saarinen, Timo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Annually laminated sediment; Finland; Metals; Pollution; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

GEOACCUMULATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAMINATION; METAL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ROMAN ERA; TRACE ELEMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WASTEWATER;

FINLAND; LAKE KORTTAJARVI; LANSI SUOMEN;

EID: 77954659023     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-010-9435-3     Document Type: Article

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