New insights into trace elements deposition in the snow packs at remote alpine glaciers in the northern Tibetan Plateau, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 529, Issue , 2015, Pages 101-113

  Dong, Zhiwen ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a,b   Qin, Xiang ^a   Li, Xiaofei ^a   Qin, Dahe ^a   Ren, Jiawen ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Concentration; Glacier snowpack; Northern Tibetan Plateau; Source; Trace element

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; DEPOSITION; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; LITHIUM; POLLUTION; RUBIDIUM; SUPERCOMPUTERS; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICAL DEPTH; ATMOSPHERIC TRACE ELEMENTS; CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU; ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH RISKS; NORTHERN TIBETAN PLATEAUX; SOURCE; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GALLIUM; LEAD; LITHIUM; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PLATINUM; RUBIDIUM; THALLIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC; AIR POLLUTANT; SNOW;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); SNOWPACK; TRACE ELEMENT; VALLEY GLACIER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICAL DEPTH; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENRICHMENT FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GLACIER; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ICE COVER;

CHINA; LAOHUGOU GLACIER; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TANGGULA MOUNTAINS; XINJIANG UYGUR; XIZANG;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ICE COVER; SNOW; TIBET; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84929577244     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.065     Document Type: Article

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