Transport of Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from an arctic glacier to downstream locations: Implications for sources

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-55

  Kwok, Karen Y ^a,b,c   Yamazaki, Eriko ^c   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^c   Taniyasu, Sachi ^c   Murphy, Margaret B ^a,b   Horii, Yuichi ^d   Petrick, Gert ^e   Kallerborn, Roland ^f   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^g   Murano, Kentaro ^h   Lam, Paul K S ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b City University of Hong Kong ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN SAITAMA   (Japan)

^e GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^g STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^h HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

European Arctic; Ice cores; Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); Source determination; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CORE SAMPLES; LOCATION; SNOW; SURFACE WATERS;

EUROPEAN ARCTIC; ICE CORE; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; SOURCE DETERMINATIONS; SVALBARD;

ICE;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HALOACID; ICE; PERFLUOROBUTANOATE; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATE; PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONATE; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SNOW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GLACIER; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; ICE CORE; RIVER WATER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGLACIATION; GLACIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASHORE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ARCTIC; NORWAY; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84873252712     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.091     Document Type: Article

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