Aeolian contamination of Se and Ag in the North Pacific from Asian fossil fuel combustion

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1587-1593

  Ranville, Mara A ^a,e   Cutter, Gregory A ^b   Buck, Clifton S ^a,c   Landing, William M ^c   Cutter, Lynda S ^b,f   Resing, Joseph A ^d   Russell Flegal, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL SAMPLES; ATMOSPHERIC CONTAMINATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; GEOCHEMICAL TRACER; NORTH PACIFIC; STRONG CORRELATION; WESTERN PACIFIC;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; DISSOLUTION; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILVER; SMOKE; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

FOSSIL FUEL; SELENIUM; SILVER; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMBUSTION; DISSOLVED MATTER; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOSSIL FUEL; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SELENIUM; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMBUSTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASIA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SELENIUM; SILVER; SOLUTIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77749243021     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902523m     Document Type: Article

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