Using trace elements in particulate matter to identify the sources of semivolatile organic contaminants in air at an alpine site

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 268-276

  Lavin, Karen S ^a   Hageman, Kimberly J ^a   Marx, Samuel K ^b   Dillingham, Peter W ^c   Kamber, Balz S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLERS; BINARY MIXING; CHLORPYRIFOS; ENDOSULFANS; NEW ZEALAND; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERYLENES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS;

HYDROCARBONS; INSECTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PYRENE; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PCB; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BUSHFIRE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIRE; GEOGRAPHIC SOURCE APPORTIONMENT METHOD; NEW ZEALAND; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION; WIND;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLATILIZATION; WIND;

ALPS; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84855335516     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2027373     Document Type: Article

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