Three centuries of Eastern European and Altai lead emissions recorded in a Belukha ice core

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4323-4330

  Eichler, Anja ^a,b   Tobler, Leonhard ^a,b   Eyrikh, Stella ^c   Gramlich, Gabriela ^a,b   Malygina, Natalia ^c   Papina, Tatyana ^c   Schwikowski, Margit ^a,b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMIC CRISIS; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ICE CORE; LEAD EMISSION; LEADED GASOLINE; LOCAL EMISSIONS; METALLURGICAL PROCESSING; PB CONCENTRATION; RUDNY ALTAI; WESTERN EUROPE;

GASOLINE; LEAD;

POLLUTION;

GASOLINE; LEAD; LEADED GASOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GLACIOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICE CORE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; METALLURGY; MINING; NATURAL GAS; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EXHAUST GAS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIER; ICE CORE RECORD; INDUSTRIALIZATION; METALLURGY; MINING; MONEY; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; USSR; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALCIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; ICE COVER; ISOTOPES; LEAD; SIBERIA; SULFATES;

ALTAY [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; BELUKHA GLACIER; EASTERN EUROPE; KAZAKHSTAN; RUDNYI ALTAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 84859858196     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2039954     Document Type: Article

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