Quantitative assessment of cadmium emission from zinc smelting and its influences on the surface soils and mosses in Hezhang County, Southwestern China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 4228-4233

  Bi, Xiangyang ^a,b   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Yang, Yuangen ^a   Qiu, Guangle ^a   Li, Guanghui ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cadmium; China; Emission; Guizhou; Hezhang; Moss; Soil; Zinc smelting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DEPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; METALLURGY; SOIL POLLUTION; ZINC SMELTING;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; HEZHANG; MOSS; SURFACE SOILS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CADMIUM; OXIDE; SULFIDE; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CADMIUM; MOSS; SMELTING; SOIL SURFACE; ZINC;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CALCULATION; CHINA; CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXHAUST GAS; LITERATURE; METALLURGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOSS; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU; HEZHANG;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33745143287     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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