Mid-twentieth century increases in anthropogenic Pb, Cd and Cu in central Asia set in hemispheric perspective using Tien Shan ice core

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 131, Issue , 2016, Pages 17-28

  Grigholm, B ^a   Mayewski, P A ^a   Aizen, V ^b   Kreutz, K ^a   Wake, C P ^c   Aizen, E ^b   Kang, S ^d,e   Maasch, K A ^a   Handley, M J ^a   Sneed, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

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

Author keywords

Central Asia; Element; Ice core; Pollution; Tien Shan

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CADMIUM; ICE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LEAD; MANGANESE; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS; SEA LEVEL; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL GROWTHS; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CENTRAL ASIA; ELEMENT; ICE CORE; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; TIEN SHAN;

POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE CORE; LEAD; NOAA SATELLITE; TRACE ELEMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CALCULATION; CENTRAL ASIAN; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; ICE CORE RECORD; KAZAKHSTAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UZBEKISTAN;

CHINA; FERGHANA VALLEY; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIEN SHAN; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 84956617189     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.01.030     Document Type: Article

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