Stable Cu and Zn isotope ratios as tracers of sources and transport of Cu and Zn in contaminated soil

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6801-6813

  Bigalke, Moritz ^a,d   Weyer, Stefan ^b   Kobza, Jozef ^c   Wilcke, Wolfgang ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute Slovakia   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOIL POLLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; ZINC;

EID: 78049404475     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.08.044     Document Type: Article

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