Spatial and seasonal variations of elemental composition in Mt. Everest (Qomolangma) snow/firn

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 34, 2007, Pages 7208-7218

  Kang, Shichang ^a   Zhang, Qianggong ^a   Kaspari, Susan ^b   Qin, Dahe ^a   Cong, Zhiyuan ^a   Ren, Jiawen ^a   Mayewski, Paul A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elements; Mt. Everest (Qomolangma); Snow firn; Spatial and seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ROCKS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMBING ROUTE; METAL POLLUTION; PREVALENT SPRING DUST STORMS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

SNOW;

CALCIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; ELEMENT; HEAVY METAL; SNOW; STRONTIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FIRN; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICE CORE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GREENLAND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUBURBAN AREA; WIND;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ASIA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GREENLAND; HIMALAYAS; JAPAN; MOUNT EVEREST; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34748841451     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.05.024     Document Type: Article

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