Atmospheric mercury accumulation and washoff processes on impervious urban surfaces

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 7429-7438

  Eckley, Chris S ^a,b   Branfireun, Brian ^a   Diamond, Miriam ^a   Van Metre, Peter C ^c   Heitmuller, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposition; Mercury; Urban; Washoff

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CATCHMENTS; RUNOFF; WINDOWS;

ACCUMULATION RATES; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; DEPOSITION; HG CONCENTRATIONS; IMPERVIOUS SURFACES; MERCURY; ONTARIO; RURAL ENVIRONMENTS; STORM-WATER RUNOFF; SURFACE ACCUMULATION; TORONTO; URBAN; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN SURFACES; WASHOFF;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

ACCUMULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RUNOFF; RURAL AREA; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CANADA; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FRACTIONATION; GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY;

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

EID: 52949104036     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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