Estimating distribution and retention of mercury in three different soils contaminated by emissions from chlor-alkali plants: Part I

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 284, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 177-189

  Biester, H ^a   Muller G ^a   Scholer H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlor alkali plants; Hg deposition rates; Hg retention; Mercury; Soils

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUITION;

MERCURY (METAL);

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; EMISSION; KRIGING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; FOREST; GRASSLAND; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; MERCURY; PLANTS; POACEAE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES;

EID: 0037016856     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)00884-1     Document Type: Article

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