A test of the stability of Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb and Zn profiles over two decades in lake sediments near the Flin Flon Smelter, Manitoba, Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2013, Pages 307-318

  Percival, J B ^a   Outridge, P M ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archives; Atmospheric deposition; Chemical stability; Lake sediments; Metals

Indexed keywords

ARCHIVES; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC METAL DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC METALS; LAKE SEDIMENTS; METAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS;

CHEMICAL STABILITY; DEPOSITION; LAKES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SMELTING; URANIUM; ZINC;

LAKE POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CADMIUM; COPPER; CORE ANALYSIS; DIAGENESIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); REMOBILIZATION; SMELTING; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGENESIS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN; LAKE SEDIMENT; MINERALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SMELTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; MANITOBA; METALLURGY; METALS, HEAVY; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; FLIN FLON; MANITOBA;

EID: 84875775462     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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