Emissions from the copper-nickel industry on the Kola Peninsula and at Noril'sk, Russia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1474-1480

  Boyd, Rognvald ^a   Barnes, Sarah Jane ^b   De Caritat, Patrice ^c   Chekushin, Victor A ^d   Melezhik, Victor A ^a   Reimann, Clemens ^a   Zientek, Michael L ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^c GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d S/C Mineral   (Russian Federation)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base metals; Copper; Geochemistry; Nickel; Ore chemistry; Russia; Smelter emissions

Indexed keywords

BASE METALS; CHEMICAL DATUM; DRY AND WET DEPOSITIONS; EMISSION LEVELS; KOLA PENINSULAS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; METALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES; NICKEL INDUSTRIES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; ORE CHEMISTRY; RUSSIA; SMELTER EMISSIONS; TOTAL EMISSIONS;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; COPPER; COPPER SMELTING; GEOCHEMISTRY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEAD; METALLURGY; MINERALS; NICKEL ALLOYS; ORES; SMELTING; ZINC;

NICKEL;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COPPER; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; METALLURGY; METALS INDUSTRY; NICKEL; SNOW; WET DEPOSITION;

EURASIA; KOLA PENINSULA; KRASNOYARSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; NORILSK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 59449101018     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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