Articles | Volume 15, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6069-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6069-2015
Research article
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04 Jun 2015
Research article |  | 04 Jun 2015

Increasing and decreasing trends of the atmospheric deposition of organochlorine compounds in European remote areas during the last decade

L. Arellano, P. Fernández, R. Fonts, N. L. Rose, U. Nickus, H. Thies, E. Stuchlík, L. Camarero, J. Catalan, and J. O. Grimalt

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Despite the regulations in the use of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs), an increase in atmospheric deposition fluxes of these pollutants in high-altitude mountain areas of Europe is observed for the period between 1996 and 2006. In contrast, atmospheric deposition of organochlorine pesticides showed a strong decrease. Volatilization from soils or melting glaciers related to climate change and the differences in physical–chemical properties between compounds may explain the observed temporal trend.
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