Chemical characteristics and sources of trace metals in precipitation collected from a typical industrial city in Northern China

Huanjing Kexue/Environmental Science

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3712-3717

  Li, Yue Mei ^a   Pan, Yue Peng ^b   Wang, Yue Si ^b   Wang, Ying Feng ^a   Li, Xing Ru ^a  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Industry city; Northern China; Precipitation chemistry; Source analysis; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; METAL; RAIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY;

CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; METALS; METALS, HEAVY; RAIN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84870752725     PISSN: 02503301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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