Atmospheric pollution indicated by trace elements in snow from the northern slope of Cho Oyu range, Himalayas

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-320

  Liu, Yaping ^a   Hou, Shugui ^a,d   Hong, Sungmin ^b,e   Hur, Soon Do ^b   Lee, Khanghyun ^b   Wang, Yetang ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^c Shandong Marine Fisheries Research Institute   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air mass trajectory; Atmospheric pollution; Cho Oyu range; Seasonal variation; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS BACK TRAJECTORIES; AIR MASS TRAJECTORIES; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRACE ELEMENTS; CHO OYU RANGE; CRUSTAL ENRICHMENT; HIGH ALTITUDE SITES; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; MAJOR IONS; MICRO-PARTICLES; MONSOON SEASON; OXYGEN STABLE ISOTOPES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ANTIMONY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BARIUM; BISMUTH; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MANGANESE; OXYGEN; SNOW; STRONTIUM; TIN; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORIES; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRAJECTORY; WESTERLY;

CHO OYU; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KHUMBU HIMAL;

EID: 79955071960     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0714-0     Document Type: Article

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