Pollution in coastal fog at Alto Patache, Northern Chile

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1563-1573

  Sträter, Ellen ^a,b   Westbeld, Anna ^a,c   Klemm, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b North Rhine Westphalia State Agency for Nature   (Germany)

^c F and N Umweltconsult GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Atacama Desert; Enrichment factors; Fog collection; pH

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIMETHYLSULFIDE; DRINKING WATER; DRY DEPOSITION; FOG; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; NITRATE; OASIS; OXIDATION; PH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SAMPLING; SEA SALT; SOIL EROSION; WATER QUALITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CHILE; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PH; WATER POLLUTANT; WEATHER; ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CHILE; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; WATER POLLUTANTS; WEATHER;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; PACIFIC COAST [CHILE]; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA];

AIR POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 77957163791     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0343-x     Document Type: Article

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