Mapping and modeling three dimensional lead contamination in the wetland sediments of a former trap-shooting range

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-81

  Perroy, Ryan L ^a   Belby, Colin S ^b   Mertens, Cody J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead; Shooting range; Soils; Wetland; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FALLOUT; LEAD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; URBAN GROWTH; WETLANDS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; LEAD CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SHOOTING RANGES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LEAD;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LEAD; MAPPING; MODELING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WETLAND; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

LEAD; SHOOTING RANGE; SOILS; WETLAND; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIREARMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEAD; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WEAPONS; WETLANDS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84899508139     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.102     Document Type: Article

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