Organochlorine pesticides in fresh-fallen snow on East Rongbuk Glacier of Mt. Qomolangma (Everest)

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1097-1102

  Wang, Feng ^a   Zhu, Tong ^a   Xu, BaiQing ^b   Kang, ShiChang ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Long range transport; Mt. Qomolangma (Everest); Organochlorine pesticides; Snow; Tibet

Indexed keywords

LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; PESTICIDES;

SNOW;

GLACIER; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SNOW;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; MOUNT EVEREST; XIZANG;

EID: 34447326976     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0079-8     Document Type: Article

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