Mercury accumulation in snow on the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory and surrounding region, southeast Idaho, USA

Environmental Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 357-363

  Susong, D D ^a   Abbott, M L ^b   Krabbenhoft, D P ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Idaho; Mercury; Snow

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MERCURY (METAL); SNOW; SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION;

GEOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION; SNOW; SOIL;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037838942     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0632-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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