Sunlight-Mediated emission of elemental mercury from soil amended with municipal sewage sludge

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2085-2091

  Carpi, Anthony ^a   Lindberg, Steven E ^b  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REDUCTION; SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

SUNLIGHT MEDIATED EMISSION;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

MERCURY; POLITEF;

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; MERCURY; MUNICIPAL WASTE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; FOREST; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 0031193470     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es960910+     Document Type: Article

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