A 50-year record of NOx and SO2 sources in precipitation in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA

Geochemical Transactions

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Naftz, David L ^a   Schuster, Paul F ^a   Johnson, Craig A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ICE CORE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79952318114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14674866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1467-4866-12-4     Document Type: Article

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