Volcanic emissions of mercury to the atmosphere: Global and regional inventories

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 304, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 3-12

  Nriagu, Jerome ^a   Becker, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Global inventory; Mercury emission; Regional mercury flux; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MERCURY (METAL);

VOLCANIC EMISSIONS;

VOLCANOES;

MERCURY;

EMISSION INVENTORY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); VOLCANIC GAS;

AFRICA; ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUROPE; GEOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VOLCANO;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; REFERENCE VALUES; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0037456776     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00552-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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