Heavy metals in aerosol samples from the Eastern Pamirs collected 2004-2006

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 784-792

  Wu, Guangjian ^a   Xu, Baiqing ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a   Zhang, Chenglong ^a   Gao, Shaopeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Heavy metal; Pamirs; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL SAMPLES; AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; CENTRAL ASIA; CONCENTRATION OF; EF VALUE; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROSCOPIES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METAL ELEMENTS; PAMIRS; REMOTE SITES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOURCE AREA; SOUTH ASIA;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; METALS; ZINC;

CADMIUM;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAMIRS;

EID: 67649207665     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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