Spatial distribution and magnification processes of mercury in snow from high-elevation glaciers in the Tibetan Plateau

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-146

  Huang, Jie ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a   Zhang, Qianggong ^a   Jenkins, Matt G ^b   Guo, Junming ^a,c   Zhang, Guoshuai ^a,c   Wang, Kang ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cold trapping; Glaciers; Mercury; Snow; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL FLUX; AVERAGE ELEVATION; COARSE-GRAINED; COLD REGIONS; COLD-TRAPPING; FRESH WATER; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMAN HEALTH; LOW TEMPERATURES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTO-REDUCTION; RE-EMISSION; SNOW SAMPLES; SURFACE SNOW; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WARMING CLIMATE;

GLACIERS; MERCURY (METAL); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SNOW;

MERCURY; SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ELEVATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTORECEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; SEA LEVEL; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAPPING;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GLACIER; LOW TEMPERATURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL;

ARCTIC; CHINA; MUZTAGATA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 82955195713     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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