Post 17th-century changes of european pah emissions recorded in high-altitude alpine snow and ice

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3260-3266

  Gabrieli, Jacopo ^a,b   Vallelonga, Paul ^a,c   Cozzi, Giulio ^a   Gabrielli, Paolo ^a,d   Gambaro, Andrea ^a   Sigl, Michael ^e,f   Decet, Fabio ^b   Schwikowski, Margit ^e,f   Gäggeler, Heinz ^e,f   Boutron, Claude ^g   Cescon, Paolo ^a   Barbante, Carlo ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b Environmental Protection Agency of Veneto (ARPAV)   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; ALPINE SNOW; AROMATIC RINGS; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION; CONCENTRATION OF; DEPTH RESOLUTION; DIESEL COMBUSTION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FLUORANTHENE; HIGH ALTITUDE; ICE CORE; INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; ONLINE EXTRACTION; PAH EMISSIONS; POINT SOURCES; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SECOND PHASE; SEMI-CONTINUOUS; SOLID-PHASE; WOOD BURNING;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COAL COMBUSTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL RECOVERY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PROJECTILES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

COAL; FLUORANTHENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; SNOW; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; COAL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIESEL; EMISSION CONTROL; FUELWOOD; ICE CORE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELTWATER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SNOW;

AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; COMBUSTION; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALTITUDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; ICE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SNOW; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EUROPE;

EID: 77951788460     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903365s     Document Type: Article

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