Mercury emission to atmosphere from Lanmuchang Hg-Tl mining area, Southwestern Guizhou, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 39 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 7459-7473

  Wang, Shaofeng ^a,b   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Qiu, Guangle ^a,b   Wei, Zhongqing ^a,b   Xiao, Tangfu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Hg emission fluxes; Lanmuchang Hg Tl mine; Naturally Hg enriched area

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CORRELATION METHODS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY MINES; SAMPLING; SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERE; HG EMISSION FLUXES; LANMUCHANG HG-TL MINE; NATURALLY HG ENRICHED AREA;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

MERCURY;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING INDUSTRY; SOIL EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; CALCULATION; CHINA; COLD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

EID: 27744470091     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.06.062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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