Dissolution of trace metals from lava ash: Influence on the composition of rainwater in the Mount Etna volcanic area

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 389-393

  Cimino, Giuseppe ^a   Toscano, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acid rainwater; Air pollution; Lava fly ash; Sulphur oxides; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SODIUM; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRACE METAL;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; RAINWATER; TRACE METAL; VOLCANIC ASH;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLOUD; ITALY; PH; VOLCANO;

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EID: 0031853028     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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