Impact of climate fluctuations on deposition of DDT and hexachlorocyclohexane in mountain glaciers: Evidence from ice core records

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 375-380

  Wang, Xiaoping ^a   Gong, Ping ^a   Zhang, Qianggong ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

DDT; ENSO; Hexachlorocyclohexane; Ice core; NAO

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL SCALE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; ICE CORE; ICE CORE RECORDS; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SIBERIA; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ICE;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; DEPOSITION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLACIER; HCH; ICE CORE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GLACIER; ICE CORE RECORD; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLIMATE; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ICE COVER; LINDANE; NEPAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIBET;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST; MUZTAGATA; PAMIRS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 74249119059     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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