Environmental significance of snowpit chemistry in the typical monsoonal temperate glacier region, Baishui glacier no. 1, Mt Yulong, China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1319-1328

  Zongxing, Li ^a   Yuanqing, He ^a   Hongxi, Pang ^a,b   Theakstone, Wilfred H ^c   Ningning, Zhang ^a   Xianzhong, He ^a   Shijing, Wang ^a   Tao, Pu ^a   Jiankuo, Du ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baishui glacier no. 1; Chemistry; Mt Yulong; Snow

Indexed keywords

ANION CONCENTRATIONS; BAISHUI GLACIER NO. 1; CATION CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CHEMICAL COMPONENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPOSITION MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUP 4; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYSPLIT MODEL; INDUSTRIAL AREA; IONIC CONCENTRATIONS; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MT YULONG; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTH CHINA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STUDY AREAS; TRACER TECHNIQUE; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; FORESTRY; GLACIERS; POSITIVE IONS; SNOW;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

ANION; CATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GLACIER; GLACIOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRENCH; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70349882084     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1635-z     Document Type: Article

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