Fluxes of Al, Fe, Ti, Mn, Pb, Cd, Zn, Ni, Cu, and As in monthly bulk deposition over the Pyrenees (SW Europe): The influence of meteorology on the atmospheric component of trace element cycles and its implications for high mountain lakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Bacardit, Montserrat ^a   Camarero, Lluís ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DUST; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

CATALONIA; LAKE REDON; LERIDA [CATALONIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 73749084973     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JG000732     Document Type: Article

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