Antarctic snow record of cadmium, copper, and zinc content during the twentieth century

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1535-1541

  Wolff, Eric W ^a   Suttie, Edward D ^a   Peel, David A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Emission inventories; Heavy metals; Pollution; Trend

Indexed keywords

SNOWPITS;

CADMIUM; COPPER SMELTING; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SNOW; ZINC SMELTING;

AIR POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; SNOW; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SNOW;

AIR POLLUTION; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DATA ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SMELTER;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033136770     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00276-3     Document Type: Article

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