Temporal and diurnal analysis of trace elements in the Cryospheric water at remote Laohugou basin in northeast Tibetan Plateau

Chemosphere

Volumn 171, Issue , 2017, Pages 386-398

  Dong, Zhiwen ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a,b   Qin, Dahe ^a   Qin, Xiang ^a,c   Yan, Fangping ^a   Du, Wentao ^a   Wei, Ting ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cryospheric water; Enrichment factors; Northeast Tibetan Plateau; REE; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; RUNOFF; SNOW;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; MELTWATER CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TRACE ELEMENTS CONCENTRATION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; COPPER; ICE; LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; RUBIDIUM; SCANDIUM; SNOW; STRONTIUM; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC; HEAVY METAL; WATER;

ABLATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYOSPHERE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENRICHMENT; MELTWATER; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RUNOFF; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGLACIATION; GLACIER; PH; RUNOFF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIBET; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ICE COVER; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

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

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ICE COVER; METALS, HEAVY; SNOW; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIBET; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 85007357817     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.12.088     Document Type: Article

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