Seasonal variations, speciation and possible sources of mercury in the snowpack of Zhadang glacier, Mt. Nyainqêntanglha, southern Tibetan Plateau

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 429, Issue , 2012, Pages 223-230

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

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; Seasonal variations; Snowpit; Sources; Speciation; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ALKALINE PH; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; DUST STORM; FINE PARTICULATES; HISTORICAL RECORDS; ICE CORE RECORDS; MAJOR IONS; MONSOON SEASON; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWPIT; SPECIATION; THAR DESERT; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; STORMS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

AIR MASS; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CALCIUM; GLACIER; ICE CORE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MONSOON; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWPACK; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

AIR MASS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESERT; DUST STORM; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GLACIER; MONSOON SEASON; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWPACK; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84862263794     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.045     Document Type: Article

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