Sources and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of different glaciers over the Tibetan Plateau

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1189-1198

  Li, Quan Lian ^a   Wang, Ning Lian ^a   Wu, Xiao Bo ^a   Pu, Jian Chen ^a   He, Jian Qiao ^a   Zhang, Chun Wen ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; snow; substance origin; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS BACK TRAJECTORIES; ARID AREA; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CENTRAL ASIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; LOW TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; NORTHWEST CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; SNOW SAMPLES; SUBSTANCE ORIGIN; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ARID REGIONS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; COAL COMBUSTION; ENGINES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLACIERS; HYDROCARBONS; LANDFORMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SNOW;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FACTOR ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLACIER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAH; PHENANTHRENE; SNOW;

CENTRAL ASIA; CHINA; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TANGGULA MOUNTAINS; XIZANG;

EID: 79961198385     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4047-3     Document Type: Article

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