Historical lead isotope record of a sediment core from the Derwent River (Tasmania, Australia): A multiple source environment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 424, Issue , 2012, Pages 153-161

  Townsend, Ashley T ^a   Seen, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

210Pb dating; Derwent River; Metals; Pb isotope ratios; Sediment core; Zinc refinery

Indexed keywords

210PB DATING; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BROKEN HILLS; GRAIN SIZE; HISTORICAL PROFILES; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LEAD ISOTOPE; LEAD ISOTOPE RATIOS; LOSS ON IGNITION; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINATION; METAL ENRICHMENT; MULTIPLE SOURCE; PB CONCENTRATION; PB ISOTOPES; SECTOR FIELD; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; TASMANIA , AUSTRALIA;

CADMIUM; COPPER; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ISOTOPES; LEAD; METALS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; REFINING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; COPPER; ISOTOPE; LEAD; POLONIUM; RADON; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LEAD ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; CHRONOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ESTUARY; GEOLOGY; GRAIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL INDUSTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; METALLURGY; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TASMANIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALIA; DERWENT RIVER [TASMANIA]; TASMANIA;

EID: 84859746593     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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