Atmospheric deposition of lead in remote high mountain of eastern Tibetan Plateau, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 425-435

  Bing, Haijian ^a,b   Wu, Yanhong ^a   Zhou, Jun ^a   Ming, Lili ^b   Sun, Shouqin ^a   Li, Xiangdong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Hailuogou Glacier; High mountain; Lead isotope; Source identification

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CHINA; EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU; HIGH MOUNTAINS; LEAD ISOTOPE; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION;

COAL; LEAD;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GLACIER RETREAT; GLOBAL WARMING; LEAD; MOSS; MOUNTAIN REGION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL PROFILE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHINA; COMBUSTION; INDUSTRY; MOSS; SOIL;

CHINA; HAILUOGOU GLACIER; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84908067581     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.10.014     Document Type: Article

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