A Chinese imprint in insoluble pollutants recently deposited in central greenland as indicated by lead isotopes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1451-1457

  Bory, Aloys J M ^a,e   Abouchami, Wafa ^b   Galer, Stephen J G ^b   Svensson, Anders ^c   Christensen, John N ^d   Biscaye, Pierre E ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; ISOTOPE; LEAD; PARTICULATE MATTER; SNOW;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENLAND; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SOLUBILITY;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CANADA; CHINA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENLAND; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SNOW; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84893528817     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4035655     Document Type: Article

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