Sources and Deposition of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons to Western U.S. National Parks

• Published in: Environmental Science & Technology
• Main Authors: USENKO, SASCHA, MASSEY SIMONICH, STACI L., HAGEMAN, KIMBERLY J., SCHRLAU, JILL E., GEISER, LINDA, CAMPBELL, DON H., APPLEBY, PETER G., LANDERS, DIXON H.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Article; Arctic; Remote Lake; Snyder; Snyder Lake
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898559; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20465303; https://doi.org/10.1021/es903844n

Seasonal snowpack, lichens, and lake sediment cores were collected from fourteen lake catchments in eight western U.S. National Parks and analyzed for sixteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in order to determine their current and historical deposition, as well as to identify their potential...