Historical trace metal loading to a large river recorded in the sediments of Lake St. Croix, USA

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 517-530

  Balogh, Steven J ^a   Triplett, Laura D ^b,c   Engstrom, Daniel R ^b   Nollet, Yabing H ^a  

^a Metropolitan Council Environmental Services   (United States)

^b ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Minnesota; Sediment cores; St. Croix River; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; GEOACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT CORE; TRACE METAL; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

LAKE SAINT CROIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954661299     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-010-9434-4     Document Type: Article

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