Polychlorinated biphenyls in glaciers. 1. Deposition history from an Alpine ice core

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 7842-7848

  Pavlova, Pavlina Aneva ^a,b,c   Schmid, Peter ^a   Bogdal, Christian ^d   Steinlin, Christine ^d   Jenk, Theo M ^b,c   Schwikowski, Margit ^b,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ICE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONGENER PATTERN; CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT; DISSOLVED FRACTION; HISTORICAL RECORDS; ICE CORE RECORDS; PARTICULATE FRACTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONVECTION; DISSOLVED LOAD; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE CORE; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PCB; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TREND ANALYSIS; VALLEY GLACIER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DIFFUSION; GLACIER; ICE CORE RECORD; MELTING POINT; PRECIPITATION; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

FIESCHERHORN GLACIER; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOGRAPHY; ICE COVER; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOLUBILITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84904430813     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5017922     Document Type: Article

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