Mercury distribution in tephra soil layers in Hokkaido, Japan, with reference to 34,000-year stratification

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 582-589

  Hobara, Satoru ^a   Mizuno, Naoharu ^a   Amano, Yoji ^a   Yokota, Hiroshi ^a   Taniyama, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hokkaido; Mercury deposition; Mercury distribution; Tephra soil layers

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949158157     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2009.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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