Characteristics and environmental significance of pH and EC in summer rainfall and shallow firn profile at Yulong Snow Mountain, Lijiang City, China

Journal of Earth Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-165

  Li, Zongxing ^a,b   He, Yuanqing ^a,c   Theakstone, Wilfred H ^d   Jia, Wenxiong ^a   Xin, Huijuan ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Wang, Shuxin ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baishui Glacier No. 1; EC; Lijiang City; pH; Yulong Snow Mountain

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIRN; ICE CORE; MONSOON; PH; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

CHINA; LIJIANG; YULONG SNOW MOUNTAINS; YUNNAN;

EID: 77953345013     PISSN: 1674487X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-010-0014-3     Document Type: Article

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