The lead (Pb) isotope signature, behaviour and fate of traffic-related lead pollution in roadside soils in The Netherlands

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 888-900

  Walraven, N ^a   van Os, B J H ^b   Klaver, G Th ^c   Middelburg, J J ^d   Davies, G R ^e  

^a GeoConnect Sensing BV   (Netherlands)

^b Rijksdienst voor Archeologie Cultuurlandschap en Monumenten   (Netherlands)

^c BRGM   (France)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Highways; Isotopes; Lead; Soils; Transport

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPES; ROADSIDES; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

BINDING CAPACITIES; HIGHWAYS; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; LEAD POLLUTION; ROAD-SIDE SOILS; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; TRAFFIC-RELATED; TRANSPORT;

LEAD;

GASOLINE; GROUND WATER; LEAD; LEAD 206; LEAD 207; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; ROAD; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PH MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TRAFFIC; WATER POLLUTION;

NETHERLANDS;

GROUNDWATER; HIGHWAYS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; SOILS; TRANSPORT;

AUTOMOBILES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; NETHERLANDS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84890357572     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.110     Document Type: Article

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