Trace metal concentrations of surface snow from Ingrid Christensen Coast, East Antarctica - Spatial variability and possible anthropogenic contributions

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2961-2975

  Thamban, Meloth ^a   Thakur, Roseline C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Human impact; Ingrid Christensen Coast; Surface snow; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; HUMAN IMPACT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETER; SURFACE SNOW; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION;

ICE; LEAD; SNOW; STRONTIUM; ZINC;

MAGNESIUM;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TRACE METAL; VANADIUM; ZINC; METAL; SNOW;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ENRICHMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SNOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACE METAL;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLEANING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PETROLOGY; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT MEDIUM; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; STATISTICS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LARSEMANN HILLS;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; METALS; SNOW; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876322160     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2764-0     Document Type: Article

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