Mercury distribution and variation on a high-elevation mountain glacier on the northern boundary of the Tibetan Plateau

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 96, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-36

  Huang, Jie ^a,c   Kang, Shichang ^a,b   Guo, Junming ^a,d   Sillanpää, Mika ^c   Zhang, Qianggong ^a   Qin, Xiang ^b   Du, Wentao ^b   Tripathee, Lekhendra ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Distribution; Laohugou glacier no. 12; Mercury; Snow ice; Tibetan Plateau; Variation

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (METAL); SOLVENTS;

CONCENTRATION LEVELS; DISTRIBUTION; LAOHUGOU GLACIER NO. 12; MERCURY DISTRIBUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; VARIATION;

SNOW;

MERCURY; SNOW;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLACIER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PERCOLATION;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; GLACIER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOREDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84904249583     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.07.023     Document Type: Article

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