Total metal concentrations in atmospheric precipitation from the Northern Aegean Sea

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 201, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 389-403

  Koulousaris, Michael ^a   Aloupi, Maria ^a   Angelidis, Michael O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Back trajectories; Enrichment factors; Metals; Northern Aegean; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN SEA; AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; BACK TRAJECTORIES; COASTAL SITES; CRUSTAL ENRICHMENT; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; HIGH VARIABILITY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NORTHERN AEGEAN; PRECIPITATION; RAIN EVENTS; RAINWATER SAMPLES; SAHARAN DUST; SOURCE REGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; NICKEL; STORMS; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; RAIN; ZINC;

AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST STORM; EMISSION; METAL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINWATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PRECIPITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 67449162095     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9952-0     Document Type: Article

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