Atmospheric inputs of Ag and Tl to the Arctic: Comparison of a high resolution snow pit (AD 1994-2004) with a firn (AD 1860-1996) and an ice core (previous 16,000 yr)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 399, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 78-89

  Krachler, Michael ^a   Zheng, Jiancheng ^a,b   Fisher, David ^b   Shotyk, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Enrichments; Ice; Silver; Snow; Thallium

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ICE; SNOW; THALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COAL BURNING; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST (UCC);

SILVER COMPOUNDS;

SILVER; SNOW; THALLIUM;

AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CIVILIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINENTAL CRUST; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICE CAP; ICE CORE; MEDIEVAL; MINING; RESOLUTION; ROMAN ERA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILVER; SMELTING; SNOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THALLIUM;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ICE CORE RECORD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; ICE COVER; INCINERATION; MINING; NORTH AMERICA; SILVER; THALLIUM;

ARCTIC; CANADA; DEVON ICE CAP; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 44649103174     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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