Distribution of mercury in the atmosphere over Idrija, Slovenia

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 101-112

  Gosar, Mateja ^a   Pirc, Simon ^b   Šajn, Robert ^a   Bidovec, Milan ^a   Mashyanov, Nikolaj R ^c   Sholupov, Sergej E ^c  

^a Inst Geol Geotech and Geophys   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Idrija mine; Mercury

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000806796     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018402605831     Document Type: Article

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