Global atmospheric As and Bi contamination preserved in 3000 year old arctic ice

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Krachler, Michael ^a   Zheng, Jiancheng ^a,b   Fisher, David ^b   Shotyk, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL CHALLENGE; ANTHROPOCENE; ARCTIC ICE; ATMOSPHERIC CONTAMINATION; COLD CLIMATE; COPPER ORE; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HISTORICAL RECORDS; ICE CORE; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PB ISOTOPES; POLAR ICE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; STRONG LINK; SULPHIDE ORES; YOUNGER DRYAS;

AEROSOLS; CONTAMINATION; COPPER SMELTING; ICE; ISOTOPES; LEAD SMELTING; ORES; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTIMONY; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BISMUTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE CORE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PALEOCLIMATE; ROMAN ERA; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARCTIC;

EID: 77950884029     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GB003471     Document Type: Article

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