Historical trends of organochlorine pesticides in an Alpine glacier

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-311

  Villa, Sara ^a   Vighi, Marco ^a   Maggi, Valter ^a   Finizio, Antonio ^a   Bolzacchini, Ezio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; Historical trend; Ice core; Italy; Lys glacier; POPs

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; SNOW;

GLACIER; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE CORE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLACIER; HISTORY; ITALY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLAR ICE CAP; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; VOLATILIZATION;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 0344898984     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026316217354     Document Type: Article

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