Mysterious diel cycles of mercury emission from soils held in the dark at constant temperature

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5424-5433

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Lindberg, Steve E ^b   Kuiken, Todd ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Graeagle   (United States)

Author keywords

Air surface exchange; Atmospheric chemistry; Global biogeochemistry; Heavy metal; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FLUXES; GARNETS; NATURAL RESOURCES; RADIATION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

AMBIENT AIR (AA); CONSTANT TEMPERATURES; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; DIEL CYCLES; DIEL VARIATIONS; DYNAMIC FLUX CHAMBERS; EMISSION PROCESSING; EMISSIONS (ASPHALT); HG EMISSION FLUXES; LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS; MECHANISTIC INVESTIGATIONS; MERCURY EMISSIONS; MERCURY(III); MINERAL PARTICLES; RAINY DAYS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SOIL TEMPERATURES;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; MINERAL; OZONE;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DIEL VARIATION; EMISSION; FLUX CHAMBER; GAS EXCHANGE; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOIL EMISSION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER; WINTER;

EID: 45649085245     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.037     Document Type: Article

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