Environmental implications of the snow chemistry from Mt. Yulong, southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary International

Volumn 313-314, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-178

  Niu, Hewen ^a,b   He, Yuanqing ^a,b   Zhu, Guofeng ^c   Xin, Huijuan ^b   Du, Jiankuo ^b   Pu, Tao ^a,b   Lu, Xixi ^d   Zhao, Guoyong ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IONIC COMPOSITION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SNOW;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YULONG SNOW MOUNTAINS; YUNNAN;

EID: 84886722326     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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