Mercury wet deposition and coal-fired power station contributions: An Australian study

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1354-1359

  Dutt, Upma ^a   Nelson, Peter F ^a   Morrison, Anthony L ^a   Strezov, Vladimir ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coal fired power stations; Mercury wet deposition flux

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; AUSTRALIA; COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS; DAILY RAINFALL; DEPOSITION FLUXES; ELEVATED MERCURY; FAR-FIELD; MIXING HEIGHT; NEAR-FIELD; POLLUTANT BUILD-UP; PREVAILING WINDS; RURAL SITE; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TOTAL MERCURIES; VALLEY SITES; WET DEPOSITION; WET DEPOSITION FLUX;

ATMOSPHERICS; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LANDFORMS; MERCURY (METAL); RAIN;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 71249086315     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2009.06.019     Document Type: Article

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