Century-long record of black carbon in an ice core from the Eastern Pamirs: Estimated contributions from biomass burning

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-88

  Wang, Mo ^a,b   Xu, Baiqing ^a,c   Kaspari, Susan D ^d   Gleixner, Gerd ^e   Schwab, Valérie F ^f   Zhao, Huabiao ^a,c   Wang, Hailong ^b   Yao, Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^d CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Combustion sources; Ice core; Levoglucosan; Pamirs

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; ICE;

BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION SOURCES; ICE CORE; LEVOGLUCOSAN; PAMIRS;

COMBUSTION;

BLACK CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; LEVOGLUCOSAN;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ICE CORE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOTOMETER;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECONOMIC RECESSION; GLACIER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ICE CORE RECORD; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOOT;

PAMIRS; USSR;

EID: 84930678301     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.05.034     Document Type: Article

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