Lead Isotopes as Monitors of Anthropogenic and Natural Sources Affecting the Surficial Environment

Environmental Geochemistry: Site Characterization, Data Analysis and Case Histories

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 287-316

  Ayuso, Robert A ^a   Foley, Nora K ^a   Lipfert, Gail ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53159-9.00012-7     Document Type: Chapter

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