Application of a simple binary mixing model to the reconstruction of lead pollution sources in two Mississippi River floodplain lakes

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-112

  Brugam, Richard B ^a   Ketterer, Michael ^b   Maines, Laylonda ^a   Lin, Zhi Qing ^a   Retzlaff, William A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Illinois; Isotope mixing; Lakes; Pb contamination; Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

EXHAUST EMISSION; FLOODPLAIN; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD ISOTOPE; MIXING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SMELTING;

HORSESHOE LAKE; ILLINOIS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82455199269     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-011-9562-5     Document Type: Article

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