Ice-core based assessment of historical anthropogenic heavy metal (Cd, Cu, Sb, Zn) emissions in the Soviet Union

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2635-2642

  Eichler, Anja ^a,b   Tobler, Leonhard ^a,b   Eyrikh, Stella ^c   Malygina, Natalia ^c   Papina, Tatyana ^c   Schwikowski, Margit ^a,b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL INDUSTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; LEAD; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ECONOMIC DOWNTURN; EMISSION DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAVY METAL EMISSIONS; HISTORICAL EMISSIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SINGLE-VALUE;

COPPER;

ANTIMONY; CADMIUM; COAL; COPPER; OIL; ZINC; AIR POLLUTANT; HEAVY METAL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; HEAVY METAL; ICE CORE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS; GLACIER; HUMAN; ICE CORE RECORD; METAL INDUSTRY; METAL RECOVERY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; USSR; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY; ICE COVER; KAZAKHSTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEASON;

ALTAY [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; BELUKHA GLACIER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; USSR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; ICE COVER; KAZAKHSTAN; METALS, HEAVY; RUSSIA; SEASONS; USSR;

EID: 84895523768     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404861n     Document Type: Article

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