Identification of sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons based on concentrations in soils from two sides of the Himalayas between China and Nepal

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 212, Issue , 2016, Pages 424-432

  Luo, Wei ^a,b   Gao, Jiajia ^b,c   Bi, Xiang ^b   Xu, Lan ^b   Guo, Junming ^d   Zhang, Qianggong ^d,e   Romesh, Kumar Y ^f   Giesy, John P ^g   Kang, Shichang ^e,h  

^a MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c Tibet Climatic Center   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

^f KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^h Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric transport; Indian monsoon; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; South Asia; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COAL COMBUSTION; HYDROCARBONS; LAND USE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CYCLIC PATTERNS; IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCES; INDIAN MONSOON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SOUTH ASIA; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TRANS-BOUNDARY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; COAL; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MONSOON; PAH; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INDIA; LAND USE; NEPAL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEASON; SIMULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WIND; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; BIOMASS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NEPAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WIND;

EID: 84960132745     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.11.018     Document Type: Article

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