Trace element deposition and trends during a ten year period in Finland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2260-2269

  Kyllönen, Katriina ^a   Karlsson, Vuokko ^a   Ruoho Airola, Tuija ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Deposition; Enrichment factor; Measurement uncertainty; Precipitation; Trace element; Trend

Indexed keywords

ENRICHMENT FACTOR; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; PRECIPITATION; TRACE ELEMENT; TREND;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DEPOSITION; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NICKEL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TRACE ANALYSIS; TRANSITION METALS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VANADIUM; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENRICHMENT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); TRACE ELEMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 60449093123     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.11.045     Document Type: Article

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