Gaseous mercury emissions from urban surfaces: Controls and spatiotemporal trends

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 369-383

  Eckley, Chris S ^a   Branfireun, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (METAL); PAVEMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MERCURY EMISSIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SOIL EMISSION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

AUSTIN; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TEXAS; TORONTO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40149096958     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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