Spheroidal carbonaceous particles (SCPs) as indicators of atmospherically deposited pollutants in North African wetlands of conservation importance

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1655-1663

  Rose, N L ^a   Flower, R J ^a   Appleby, P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Fly ash particles; Historical record; Industrial pollutants; Lake sediments

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

SPHEROIDAL CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES (SCP);

AIR POLLUTION;

FOSSIL FUEL; RADIOISOTOPE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; HISTORICAL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; POLLUTION; WETLAND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMBUSTION; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE SEDIMENT; MOROCCO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROIDAL CARBONACEOUS PARTICLE; TUNISIA; WETLAND;

(NORTH); AFRICA;

EID: 0037374720     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00012-8     Document Type: Article

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