Air-surface exchange of mercury in natural and anthropogenically impacted landscapes in atlantic Canada

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-165

  Beauchamp, S ^a   Tordon, R ^a   Phinney L , ^a   Abraham, K ^a   Pinette, A ^a   MacIntosh, A ^a   Rencz, A ^b   Wong, H ^a   Dalziel, J ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air surface mercury exchange; Atmospheric mercury; Mercury; Mercury flux; Metals; Mine tailings

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY AMALGAMS; METALS; ORE TREATMENT; SOILS; TAILINGS; WATER;

AIR-SURFACE EXCHANGES; AMBIENT AIR CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY; MERCURY FLUXES; MINE TAILINGS; TERRESTRIAL LANDSCAPE;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ABANDONED MINE; AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; AIR-WATER INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC COAST; CANADA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; PINUS STROBUS; STROBUS;

EID: 0036590632     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-787302-019     Document Type: Article

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