Trace elements in atmospheric particulate matter over a coal burning power production area of western Macedonia, Greece

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2233-2243

  Petaloti, Christina ^a   Triantafyllou, Athanasios ^b   Kouimtzis, Themistoklis ^a   Samara, Constantini ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Enrichment factor; Fly ash; Heavy metals; Long range transport; Power plants; Soil; Total suspended particles; Wind direction

Indexed keywords

COAL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLY ASH; HEAVY METALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POWER PLANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ENRICHMENT FACTOR; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES; WIND DIRECTION;

AIR POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BROMINE; CADMIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COAL; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SILICON; SULFUR; TITANIUM; TRACE METAL;

AIR POLLUTION; COAL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLY ASH; HEAVY METALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POWER PLANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; LIGNITE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EXHAUST GAS; FLY ASH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; MINING; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MACEDONIA [GREECE]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750968206     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.053     Document Type: Article

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