Atmospheric Cu and Pb deposition and transport in lake sediments in a remote mountain area, northern China

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 179, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 167-181

  Han, Yongming ^a,b   Jin, Zhangdong ^a,c   Cao, Junji ^a   Posmentier, Eric S ^d   An, Zhisheng ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^d Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Daihai Lake; Heavy metals; The Asian monsoon

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; PARTICLE SORTING;

MASS TRANSFER;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MASS TRANSFER; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COPPER; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD; MONSOON; MOUNTAIN REGION; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAKE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT; WAR;

ASIA; CHINA; DAIHAI LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 33846813843     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9222-y     Document Type: Article

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