Background levels of atmospheric mercury in Kagoshima City, and influence of mercury emission from Sakurajima Volcano, Southern Kyushu, Japan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 259, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 231-237

  Tomiyasu, Takashi ^a   Nagano, Ayako ^a   Sakamoto, Hayao ^a   Yonehara, Norinobu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mercury; Impact of mercury emissions; Sakurajima volcano; Temperature dependency

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; BACKGROUND LEVEL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEASONALITY; VOLCANIC GAS;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UNIVERSITY; VOLCANO;

JAPAN;

EID: 0034597247     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00585-4     Document Type: Article

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