Spatial distribution of lead and lead isotopes in soil B-horizon, forest-floor humus, grass (Avenella flexuosa) and spruce (Picea abies) needles across the Czech Republic

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1205-1214

  Sucharová, Julie ^a   Suchara, Ivan ^a   Reimann, Clemens ^b   Boyd, Rognvald ^b   Filzmoser, Peter ^c   Englmaier, Peter ^d  

^a SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND VALUE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISTRIBUTION MAPS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; ISOTOPE RATIO; LEAD CONCENTRATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MEDIAN VALUE; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY; PB CONCENTRATION; PB ISOTOPES; PICEA ABIES; PLANT MATERIAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; SPRUCE NEEDLES; TRAFFIC-RELATED;

COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; FLOORS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; METALLURGY; NEEDLES; SOIL SURVEYS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOILS;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST FLOOR; GRASS; HUMUS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; METALS INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SMELTING; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

CZECH REPUBLIC; SILESIA;

DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA FLEXUOSA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 79956286948     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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