Mercury emission from terrestrial background surfaces in the eastern USA. Part I: Air/surface exchange of mercury within a southeastern deciduous forest (Tennessee) over one year

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-355

  Kuiken, Todd ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Gustin, Mae ^b   Lindberg, Steve ^b,c,d,e  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SOILS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

AIR/SURFACE EXCHANGE; EMISSION FLUXES; LOWER EMISSION; MERCURY EMISSION;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOREST FLOOR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEASONAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

FORESTRY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SOIL; SURFACE TREATMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40149106904     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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