Heavy metals in antarctic ice from Law Dome: Initial results

Environmental Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 94-103

  Hong, Sungmin ^a,b   Boutron, Claude F ^a,c   Edwards, Ross ^d   Morgan, Vin I ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Atomic absorption spectrometry; Cadmium; Copper; Global pollution; Ice; Lead; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; ICE;

AIR POLLUTION; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; LAW DOME;

EID: 0032145347     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3849     Document Type: Article

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