Origin and distribution of trace elements in high-elevation precipitation in southern China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3389-3399

  Zhou, Jie ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Yue, Taixing ^b   Li, Yuhua ^a   Wai, Ka Ming ^c   Wang, Wenxing ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Environmental Monitoring Central Station of Shandong   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Long range transport; Mount Heng; Pearl River Delta; Sources; South China; Trace element; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DEPOSITION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; MOUNT HENG; SHANXI; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84865543491     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0863-7     Document Type: Article

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