Geochemical analyses of a Himalayan snowpit profile: Implications for atmospheric pollution and climate

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-23

  Xie, Shucheng ^a,b   Yao, Tandong ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a   Xu, Baiqing ^a   Duan, Keqin ^a   Thompson, Lonnie G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian transport; Dasuopu glacier; Middle upper troposphere; Petroleum residues; Pollution; Summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXHAUST GASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLACIERS; ICE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SNOW; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TRACE ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

ALKANOIC ACID; MONSOON;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; SNOW;

CHINA;

EID: 0033622928     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00133-3     Document Type: Article

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