Order-of-magnitude increase of Hg in Norwegian peat profiles since the outset of industrial activity in Europe

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 365-370

  Steinnes, Eiliv ^a   Sjøbakk, Torill Eidhammer ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Deposition; Mercury; Natural sources; Peat; Pollution; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUORESCENCE; PEAT; SPECTROMETRY;

ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORDER-OF MAGNITUDES; PEAT CORES;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; PEAT;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; LATITUDE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEAT SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AGRICULTURE; ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRY; MERCURY; NORWAY; SEASONS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 20444429748     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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