Atmospheric pollution for trace elements in the remote high-altitude atmosphere in central Asia as recorded in snow from Mt. Qomolangma (Everest) of the Himalayas

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 171-181

  Lee, Khanghyun ^a   Hur, Soon Do ^a   Hou, Shugui ^b   Hong, Sungmin ^a   Qin, Xiang ^b   Ren, Jiawen ^b   Liu, Yapping ^b   Rosman, Kevin J R ^c   Barbante, Carlo ^d   Boutron, Claude F ^e,f  

^a Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^e LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic pollution; Fallout flux; Monsoon and non monsoon; Mt. Everest; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FALLOUT; SNOW;

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL GRADIENTS; HIGH ALTITUDE SITES; MONSOON AND NON-MONSOON; MT. EVEREST; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; RUBIDIUM; SNOW; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLOUT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MONSOON; MOUNTAIN; SNOW; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERE; AUTUMN; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHY; GREENLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEASON; SUMMER;

ALPS; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GREENLAND; HAUTE SAVOIE; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MONT BLANC; MOUNT EVEREST; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOY ALPS; WESTERN ALPS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50849094531     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.06.022     Document Type: Article

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