Deposition of airborne metals around the lead-zinc mine in Maarmorilik monitored by lichens and mosses

The deposition of heavy metals around the Pb-Zn mine in Maarmorilik (Greenland) was monitored during the years 1979-1990 by analyses of concentrations in in situ lichens (Cetraria nivalis and Umbilicaria lyngei) and higher plants (Rhododendron lapponicum). Concentrations of the metals Ag, As, Cd, Cu...

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Main Author: Pilegaard, K.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Danish Polar Center/Museum Tusculanum Press 1994
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Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142581