Atmospheric deposition of trace elements recorded in snow from the mt. nyainqêntanglha region, southern tibetan plateau

Chemosphere

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 871-881

  Huang, Jie ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a,b   Zhang, Qianggong ^a   Guo, Junming ^a,c   Chen, Pengfei ^a,c   Zhang, Guoshuai ^a,c   Tripathee, Lekhendra ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b University of Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic inputs; Concentration; Deposition flux; Mt. Nyainq ntanglha; Tibetan Plateau; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SNOW;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TRACE ELEMENTS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; DEPOSITION FLUXES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; SNOW; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; MONSOON; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GLACIER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84880035503     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.02.038     Document Type: Article

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