Scavenging of gaseous mercury by acidic snow at Kuujjuarapik, Northern Québec

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 355, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 118-126

  Lahoutifard, Nazafarin ^a   Poissant, Laurier ^b   Scott, Susannah L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Atmospheric chemistry; Hydrogen peroxide; Mercury; Scavenging; Snow chemistry

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MERCURY (METAL); OXIDATION; OZONE; SCAVENGING;

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY DEPLETION; MERCURY LEADS; SNOW ENRICHMENT;

AIR POLLUTION;

ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MERCURY; SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DRY DEPOSITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUEBEC; SNOW; SUNLIGHT;

CANADA; KUUJJUARAPIK; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 31344454010     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.02.021     Document Type: Article

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