Sources of major ions and heavy metals in rainwater associated with typhoon events in southwestern Taiwan

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 106-116

  Cheng, Miao Ching ^a   You, Chen Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heavy metals fluxes; Pb isotopes; Principal component analysis; Rains

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; CHEMICAL DATA; COASTAL OCEAN; DISSOLVED CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MAJOR IONS; MIGRATION PATHWAY; PB FLUX; PB ISOTOPES; POLLUTANT SOURCES; SOUTHERN TAIWAN; SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS;

DISSOLUTION; HURRICANES; IONS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; METALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AIR MASS; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINWATER; TYPHOON;

TAINAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 77954213810     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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