Elemental gas phase atmospheric mercury as it interacts with the ambient aerosol and its subsequent speciation and deposition

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 259, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 211-222

  Forlano, Luigi ^a   Hedgecock, Ian M ^a   Pirrone, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deposition; Dispersion; Mediterranean; Mercury; Modelling; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ADSORPTION; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ITALY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034597293     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00587-8     Document Type: Article

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