Horizontal distribution and levels of heavy metals in the biggest snowstorm in a century in Shenyang, China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 846-851

  AN, Jing ^a,b   ZHOU, Qixing ^a,c   LIU, Weitao ^a,b   REN, Liping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

distribution; extreme climate; heavy metal; pollution level; snowstorm

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COAL COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION; COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; HEAVY METALS; HERBICIDES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METALS; PESTICIDES; PHOTORESISTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGIONAL PLANNING;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; CENTURY (CO); CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (CAS); CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SNOW SAMPLES; URBAN AREAS;

POLLUTION;

COAL; HEAVY METAL; SNOW;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; SNOWSTORM; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRY; TIME; WIND;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; COAL; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRY; METALS, HEAVY; SNOW; TIME FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WIND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING; SHENYANG;

EID: 47149098832     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62136-1     Document Type: Article

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