Heavy metals in fresh snow collected at different altitudes in the Chamonix and Maurienne valleys, French Alps: Initial results

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 415-425

  Veysseyre, Audrey ^a   Moutard, Kerno ^a   Ferrari, Christophe ^a,b   Velde, Katja Van de ^a   Barbante, Carlo ^c,d   Cozzi, Giulio ^c   Capodaglio, Gabriele ^c,d   Boutron, Claude ^a,b  

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

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine valleys; Heavy metals; Local pollution; Mont Blanc tunnel; Snow

Indexed keywords

BORON; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SNOW; TITANIUM; VANADIUM;

DOUBLE FOCUSING INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AIR POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; SNOW;

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HEAVY METAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SNOWPACK;

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FRANCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC;

ALPS; FRANCE;

EID: 0035238762     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00125-4     Document Type: Article

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