Langtransport og avsetning av organiske miljøgifter i nordvestlige Europa

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Author: Halse, Anne Karine
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Unviversity of Life Sciences, Ås 2014
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Chemistry: 440::Environmental chemistry; natural environmental chemistry: 446; Arctic; Norway; Birkenes; black carbon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/276371

Persistent organic pollutant (POPs) are toxic compounds which typically consist of one or more groups of hydrocarbons that are aromatic or aliphatic as well as halogenated (chlorine, bromine, fluorine). POPs are normally characterized by low water-solubility and a lipophilic nature, hence they are s...