Recent lead deposition trends in the Czech Republic as recorded by peat bogs and tree rings

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 4950-4958

  Zuna, Milan ^a   Mihaljevič, Martin ^a   Šebek, Ondřej ^a   Ettler, Vojtěch ^a   Handley, Michael ^b   Navrátil, Tomáš ^c   Goliáš, Viktor ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Deposition; Lead; Pb isotopes; Peat deposit; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION OF COAL; CONTAMINATED AREAS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ISOTOPIC RECORD; LEAD DEPOSITION; MAXIMUM VALUES; PB ISOTOPES; PB POLLUTION; PEAT BOGS; PEAT CORES; SPRUCE TREES; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; TREE RINGS;

COAL COMBUSTION; ISOTOPES; PEAT; PLANT EXTRACTS; WETLANDS;

LEAD;

COAL; LEAD; PEAT;

ACCUMULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; CONTAMINATED LAND; LEAD; LEAD ISOTOPE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PEAT; PEATLAND; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TREE RING; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEPOSTION RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRUCE; TREE;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

PICEA;

EID: 79960592505     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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