Lake sediments record prehistoric lead pollution related to early copper production in North America

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5545-5552

  Pompeani, David P ^a   Abbott, Mark B ^a   Steinman, Byron A ^a   Bain, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND LEVEL; COPPER COMPLEXES; COPPER EXTRACTION; COPPER PRODUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN; LEAD CONCENTRATION; METAL POLLUTION; TEMPORAL COHERENCE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER SMELTING; LAKES; LEAD; METAL RECOVERY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAKE POLLUTION;

COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; ORGANIC MATTER; TITANIUM;

COPPER; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD; METALS INDUSTRY; MINING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PREHISTORIC; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARTICLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; MINING; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; LAKES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MICHIGAN; MINING; NORTH AMERICA; TITANIUM;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84878635392     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304499c     Document Type: Article

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