Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in surface soils from Ruoergai high altitude prairie, east edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 478, Issue , 2014, Pages 90-97

  Gai, Nan ^a   Pan, Jing ^a   Tang, Hua ^b   Chen, Shu ^a   Chen, Dazhou ^b   Zhu, Xiaohua ^a   Lu, Guohui ^a   Yang, Yongliang ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR GEOANALYSIS   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Elevation gradient; High plateau; Persistent organic pollutants; Ruoergai; Surface soil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOILS; WETLANDS;

ELEVATION GRADIENT; HIGH PLATEAU; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); RUOERGAI; SURFACE SOIL;

SOIL POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DELTA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ENDOSULFAN; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 101; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 118; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 138; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 153; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 180; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 28; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 52; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; PH; PRAIRIE; SOIL POLLUTION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GRASSLAND; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PH; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRAIRIE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WETLAND;

CHINA; GANSU; LANZHOU; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; RUOERGAI PLATEAU;

ELEVATION GRADIENT; HIGH PLATEAU; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RUOERGAI; SURFACE SOIL;

ALTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIBET;

EID: 84893817160     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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