Records of sulfate and nitrate in an ice core from Mount Muztagata, central Asia

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Zhao, Huabiao ^a   Xu, Baiqing ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a,b   Tian, Lide ^a   Li, Zhen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE; DUST; GAS EMISSIONS; IONS; TIME SERIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CENTRAL ASIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ICE CORE; ICE CORE RECORDS; ION CONCENTRATIONS; POTENTIAL SOURCE REGIONS; SOLUBLE IONS; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ICE;

AMMONIUM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARID REGION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ICE CORE; ION; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; SEMIARID REGION; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SULFATE; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; MUZTAGATA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 79960511770     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015735     Document Type: Article

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