Chemical and strontium isotope characterization of rainwater at an urban site in Loess Plateau, Northwest China

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 481-490

  Xu, Zhifang ^a   Li, Yushan ^b,c   Tang, Yang ^b,d   Han, Guilin ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline rain; Lanzhou; Loess Plateau; Major ions; Strontium isotope

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE RAIN; LANZHOU; LOESS PLATEAU; MAJOR IONS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

AEROSOLS; ARID REGIONS; CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; DUST; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; POSITIVE IONS; RAIN; SEAWATER; SOILS;

STRONTIUM;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; IONIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NEUTRALIZATION; PH; RAINWATER; SEA SALT; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; LANZHOU; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 70349292087     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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