Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface soil across the Tibetan Plateau: Spatial distribution, source and air-soil exchange

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 184, Issue , 2014, Pages 138-144

  Wang, Chuanfei ^a,b   Wang, Xiaoping ^a   Gong, Ping ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Air soil exchange; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SECONDARY SOURCES; SURFACE SOIL; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SOIL EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE SOIL;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

AIR-SOIL EXCHANGE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIBET;

EID: 84884324731     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.08.029     Document Type: Article

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