Seasonal change and vertical movement of atmospheric mercury at Kagoshima City in relation with Sakurajima Volcano, Japan

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-263

  Tomiyasu, Takashi ^a   Eguchi, Masayuki ^a   Sakamoto, Hayao ^a   Anazawa, Katsuro ^a   Imura, Ryusuke ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mercury; Sakurajima; Temperature dependency; Vertical exchange; Volcanic activity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33746826869     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.40.253     Document Type: Article

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