Historical trends of mercury and spheroidal carbonaceous particle deposition in sub-alpine lakes in the Great Basin, United States

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 405-418

  Reinemann, Scott A ^a   Porinchu, David F ^b   Gustin, Mae Sexauer ^c   Mark, Bryan G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Basin; Lake; Mercury; Paleolimnology; Spheroidal carbonaceous particle; Subalpine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944866383     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-014-9801-7     Document Type: Article

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