Elemental and molecular evidence of soot- and char-derived black carbon inputs to New York City's atmosphere during the 20th century

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-87

  Louchouarn, Patrick ^a,b,f   Chillrud, Steven N ^b   Houel, Stephane ^b,g   Yan, Beizhan ^c   Chaky, Damon ^b   Rumpel, Cornelia ^d   Largeau, Claude ^e   Bardoux, Gerard ^d   Walsh, Dan ^b   Bopp, Richard F ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^e PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

CARBON BLACK; LAKES; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; SOOT; SPACE HEATING;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIC BLACK CARBON; NITROGEN; OIL; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON BLACK; LAKES; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; SOOT; SPACE HEATING;

COMBUSTION; EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; FOSSIL FUEL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PAH; SOOT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CITY; COMBUSTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HEATING; INCINERATION; LAKE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SEDIMENT; SOOT; TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; NEW YORK CITY; NITROGEN; SOOT;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845995858     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061304+     Document Type: Article

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