Mercury deposition in a polar desert ecosystem

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4710-4716

  Witherow, Rebecca A ^a   Lyons, W Berry ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERICS; CALCIUM; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; METALS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; SNOW;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); ANTARCTIC ICE; ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY DEPOSITION; DECADAL PERIODS; DESERT ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIAL SNOW; HISTORICAL CHANGES; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM (LGM); MARINE AEROSOLS; MERCURY (II) TRANSPORT; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY DEPOSITIONS; MERCURY(III); PROGLACIAL STREAMS; TOTAL MERCURY (THG); TRACE METALS; TRANSITION (JEL CLASSIFICATIONS:E52 ,E41 ,E31);

MERCURY (METAL);

CALCIUM; MERCURY; SNOW;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESERT; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; POLAR REGION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SNOWPACK; TRACE METAL;

AEROSOL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MERCURY; SNOW; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ANTARCTICA;

ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY DEPOSITION; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; DECADAL PERIODS; HISTORICAL CHANGES; HOLOCENES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE AEROSOLS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY DEPOSITIONS; MERCURY TRANSPORT; POLAR DESERTS; PROGLACIAL STREAMS; SNOW AND ICE; TOTAL MERCURIES; TRACE METAL;

EID: 46849099158     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800022g     Document Type: Article

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