The atmospheric cycling and air-sea exchange of mercury species in the South and equatorial Atlantic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 957-977

  Lamborg, C H ^a   Rolfhus, K R ^a   Fitzgerald, W F ^a   Kim, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE; BARBADOS; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; GAS; LEAD; MERCURY; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARTICLE; PRECIPITATION; URUGUAY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032969822     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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