Reduced mercury deposition in New Hampshire from 1996 to 2002 due to changes in local sources

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1348-1356

  Han, Young Ji ^a   Holsen, Thomas M ^b   Evers, David C ^c   Driscoll, Charles T ^d  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

^c BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal utilities; Deposition; ISCST3; Mercury; New Hampshire

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DEPOSITION; MEATS;

ATMOSPHERIC REACTIONS; GLOBAL SOURCES; INDUSTRIAL SOURCE COMPLEX SHORT TERMS; ISCST3; LOCAL SOURCES; MERCURY; MERCURY DEPOSITIONS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PARTICULATE MERCURIES;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

COAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; METHYLATION; UNITED STATES;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CLIMATE; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW HAMPSHIRE; POWER PLANTS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55849101181     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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