Source and distribution of lead in the surface sediments from the South China Sea as derived from Pb isotopes

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2144-2153

  Zhu, Laimin ^a   Guo, Laodong ^b   Gao, Ziyou ^c   Yin, Guan ^c   Lee, Ben ^a   Wang, Fei ^a   Xu, Jiang ^d  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SOA Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic   (China)

Author keywords

Lead; Marine sediments; Pb isotope ratio; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCES; MARINE SEDIMENTS; NATURAL SOURCES; PB CONCENTRATION; PB ISOTOPES; PB POLLUTION; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ISOTOPES; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

LEAD;

LEAD;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; SEAWATER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 78049249783     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.026     Document Type: Article

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