An 800-year record of atmospheric As, Mo, Sn, and Sb in central Asia in high-altitude ice cores from Mt. Qomolangma (Everest), Himalayas

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 8060-8065

  Hong, Sungmin ^a   Lee, Khanghyun ^a,b   Hou, Shugui ^c,d   Soon, Do Hur ^a   Ren, Jiawen ^c   Burn, Laurie J ^e   Rosman, Kevin J R ^e   Barbante, Carlo ^f   Boutron, Claude F ^g,h  

^a Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^g LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^h UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUELS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION CONTROL; TISSUE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CRUSTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPLICIT RECOGNITION; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; HISTORICAL RECORDS; ICE CORE RECORDS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SECTOR FIELD MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ICE;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; MOLYBDENUM; TIN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOSSIL FUEL; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICE CORE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; TRACE METAL;

AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MINERAL DUST;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST;

EID: 70350752578     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901685u     Document Type: Article

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