Accumulation of perfluoroalkyl compounds in Tibetan mountain snow: Temporal patterns from 1980 to 2010

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 173-181

  Wang, Xiaoping ^a   Halsall, Crispin ^b   Codling, Garry ^b   Xie, Zhiyong ^c   Xu, Baiqing ^a   Zhao, Zhen ^c   Xue, Yonggang ^a   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^c   Jones, Kevin C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES;

ACCUMULATION PERIODS; COMPOSITION PROFILE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SURFACE SNOWPACKS;

SNOW;

BUTYRIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SNOW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROBUTYRIC ACID; POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; ICE CORE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MOUNTAIN REGION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SNOWPACK;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLACIER; ICE CORE RECORD; INDIA; LAKE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRECURSOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ICE COVER; POLLUTANT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; NAM CO; XIZANG;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CAPRYLATES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; ICE COVER; LAKES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; SNOW; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIBET;

EID: 84891808703     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4044775     Document Type: Article

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