High-resolution trace element records of an ice core from the eastern Tien Shan, central Asia, since 1953 AD

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

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

^a State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^d Inha University   (South Korea)

^e Shandong Marine Fisheries Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; BISMUTH; CHROMIUM; COMBUSTION; DUST; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; RUBIDIUM; STRONTIUM; TIME SERIES; TIN;

ACCUMULATION RATES; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CENTRAL ASIA; CRUSTAL ELEMENTS; CRUSTAL ENRICHMENT; DUST EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; EURASIA; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; GLOBAL PROBLEMS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ICE CORE; KAZAKHSTAN; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; NATURAL SOURCES; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SOIL DUST; SOURCE REGION; XINJIANG;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICE CORE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; RESOLUTION; TIME SERIES; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHINA; JIANGXI; KAZAKHSTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TIEN SHAN; XIN RIVER;

EID: 79960084104     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015191     Document Type: Article

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