Deposition of brominated flame retardants to the Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 826-833

  Meyer, Torsten ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Teixeira, Camilla ^b   Wang, Xiaowa ^b   Young, Teresa ^b   Wania, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC REGIONS; BACK TRAJECTORIES; BDE-209; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; DEBROMINATION; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; DEPOSITION FLUXES; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; HIGH PRODUCTION VOLUMES; ICE-CAPS; ION CHEMISTRY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NONBROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BENZENE; ETHANE; ETHERS; ETHYLBENZENE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SNOW;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

BROMINE; BROMOBENZENE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BROMINE; ETHER; HOMOLOGY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBROMINATION; NORTH AMERICA; POLAR ICE CAP;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; ICE; TIME FACTORS;

CANADA; DEVON ICE CAP; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84862955759     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202900u     Document Type: Article

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