Atmospheric Pb pollution in N Iberia during the late Iron Age/Roman times reconstructed using the high-resolution record of La Molina mire (Asturias, Spain)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-86

  Martínez Cortizas, Antonio ^a   López Merino, Lourdes ^b   Bindler, Richard ^c   Mighall, Timothy ^d   Kylander, Malin ^e  

^a Untversidade de Santiago   (Spain)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lead isotopes; N Iberia; Peat records; Principal components analysis; Roman mining; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; EXPLOITATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; IRON AGE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD; MINING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESOLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASTURIAS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

EID: 84877839968     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-013-9705-y     Document Type: Article

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