Lead and sulfur isotopic ratios in precipitation and their relations to trans-boundary atmospheric pollution

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 104-105, Issue , 2012, Pages 237-244

  Toshiaki, Mizoguchi ^a,b   Zhang, Jing ^b   Hiroshi, Satake ^b   Hitoshi, Mukai ^c   Kentaro, Murano ^d   Kiyoto, Kawasaki ^e  

^a The Toyama Prefecture Environmental Science Center   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Northwest Pacific Region Environmental Cooperation Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Back trajectory technique; East Asia; Lead isotopic ratio; Long range transport; Sulfur isotopic ratio; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ASIAN CONTINENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACK TRAJECTORIES; CONTINENTAL ORIGIN; EAST ASIA; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NORTHERN CHINA; PB CONCENTRATION; TRANS-BOUNDARY; WEIGHTED AVERAGES; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; SPECTROMETRY; STATISTICAL METHODS; SULFUR;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WET DEPOSITION;

CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOYAMA [CHUBU]; TOYAMA [TOYAMA (PRF)];

EID: 84655169588     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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