The history of mercury emissions from fuel combustion in Maritime Canada

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 297-306

  Sunderland, E M ^a   Chmura, G L ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coal; Fossil fuels; Historical records; Inventory; Wood

Indexed keywords

FUEL; GASOLINE; MERCURY; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

COMBUSTION; EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMBUSTION; POLLUTION; TIME; WOOD;

CANADA;

EID: 0033626880     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00301-2     Document Type: Article

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