New insights into trace element wet deposition in the Himalayas: amounts, seasonal patterns, and implications

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2735-2744

  Cong, Zhiyuan ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a,b   Zhang, Yulan ^a   Gao, Shaopeng ^a   Wang, Zhongyan ^a   Liu, Bin ^a,c   Wan, Xin ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Himalayas; Ice core; Long range transport; Trace elements; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DRY DEPOSITION; ICE CORE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TRACE ELEMENT; WET DEPOSITION;

HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST;

RAIN; SNOW; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ICE COVER; INDIA; SEASON;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ICE COVER; INDIA; RAIN; SEASONS; SNOW; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84924769631     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3496-1     Document Type: Article

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