Deposition and migration of atmospheric Pb in soils from a forested silicate catchment today and in the past (Strengbach case): Evidence from 210Pb activities and Pb isotope ratios

Chemical Geology

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 140-153

  Stille, P ^a   Pourcelot, L ^b   Granet, M ^a   Pierret, M C ^a   Gueguen F ^a   Perrone, T ^a   Morvan, G ^a   Chabaux, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

210Pb; Atmosphere; Pb isotopes; Pollution; Soil; Soil solution

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LEACHATES; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; MINING ACTIVITIES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PB ISOTOPES; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL SOLUTION; SOIL SOLUTIONS; SOIL SYSTEMS; SPRING WATER; SURFACE SAMPLE; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; LEAD; POLLUTION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SILICATES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

LEAD SMELTING;

BEDROCK; DEPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEACHATE; LEACHING; LEAD ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOIL SCIENCE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 80053133632     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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