Local to regional emission sources affecting mercury fluxes to New York lakes

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 6088-6097

  Bookman, Revital ^a   Driscoll, Charles T ^a   Engstrom, Daniel R ^b   Effler, Steven W ^c  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

^b ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

210Pb dating; Atmospheric deposition; Mercury; Northeastern US; Sediment cores

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERICS; FLUXES; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC MERCURY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; EMISSION SOURCES; EMISSIONS (ASPHALT); GLACIAL LAKES; HG FLUX; LAKE-SEDIMENT RECORDS; MERCURY FLUXES; NEW YORK (CO); NORTHERN HEMISPHERE (NH); SEDIMENT ACCUMULATIONS; SEDIMENT CORES;

LAKES;

LEAD 210; MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; EMISSION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GLACIAL LAKE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEDIMENT CORE; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; LAKE SEDIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CROSS LAKE; FINGER LAKES; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OTISCO LAKE; SENECA RIVER; SKANEATELES LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47549118057     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.03.045     Document Type: Article

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