Whole-catchment inventories of trace metals in soils and sediments in mountain lake catchments in the Central Pyrenees: Apportioning the anthropogenic and natural contributions

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 82, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-67

  Bacardit, Montserrat ^a   Krachler, Michael ^b,c   Camarero, Lluís ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CADMIUM; CATCHMENT; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; REMOBILIZATION; RURAL AREA; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

PYRENEES;

EID: 84857682191     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.10.030     Document Type: Article

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