Gaseous mercury in background forest soil in the northeastern United States

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Sigler, Jeffrey M ^a   Lee, Xuhui ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOIL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SAMPLING; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846118218     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JG000106     Document Type: Article

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