Springtime peaks of trace metals in Antarctic snow

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 654-659

  Ikegawa, Masaya ^a   Kimura, Mieko ^a   Honda, Kazuto ^b   Makita, Kazuo ^c   Fujii, Yoshiyuki ^d   Itokawa, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Perkin Elmer Japan   (Japan)

^c TAKUSHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic snow; Cl ; Enrichment factor; ICP MS; NO3 ; SO42 ; Trace metals; Volcanic eruption

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; NITRATE; SNOW; SULFATE; TRACE METAL;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLCANO; WATER ANALYSIS;

PINATUBO;

EID: 0030870238     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105654     Document Type: Article

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