Atmospheric mercury in Changbai Mountain area, northeastern China I. The seasonal distribution pattern of total gaseous mercury and its potential sources

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-206

  Wan, Qi ^a,b   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Lu, Julia ^c   Zheng, Wei ^a,b   Song, Xinjie ^c   Han, Shijie ^d   Xu, Hao ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Biofuel; Mercury; Seasonal variation; Wind directional

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; MERCURY;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOFUEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND DIRECTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALTITUDE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUELS; GASES; MERCURY; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; SEASONS;

ASIA; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIANCHI VOLCANO;

EID: 61749083364     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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