Mercury distribution and deposition in glacier snow over Western China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5404-5413

  Zhang, Qianggong ^a   Huang, Jie ^a   Wang, Feiyue ^b,c   Mark, Loewen ^b   Xu, Jianzhong ^b,c   Armstrong, Debbie ^b   Li, Chaoliu ^a   Zhang, Yulan ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE; DEPOSITIONAL FLUXES; EAST ASIA; HG CONCENTRATIONS; ICE LAYERS; MERCURY DISTRIBUTION; NORTHERN REGIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLAR REGIONS; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WESTERN CHINA;

LOADING; MERCURY (METAL);

SNOW;

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; MAGNITUDE; MELTWATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GLACIER; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; GEOGRAPHY; ICE COVER; MERCURY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SNOW; SOLUBILITY; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA;

EID: 84861115935     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300166x     Document Type: Article

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