A preliminary study on mercury contamination to the environment from artisanal zinc smelting using indigenous methods in Hezhang county, Guizhou, China - Part 1: Mercury emission from zinc smelting and its influences on the surface waters

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 36, 2004, Pages 6223-6230

  Feng, Xinbin ^a   Li, Guanghui ^a,b   Qiu, Guangle ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic sources; China; Emissions; Guizhou; Mercury; Surface water; Zinc smelting

Indexed keywords

EMISSION RATES; LOCAL ENVIRONMENT; MASS BALANCE METHOD; MERCURY EMISSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS EMISSIONS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORES; SURFACE WATERS;

ZINC SMELTING;

MERCURY; OXIDE; SULFIDE; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SMELTING; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHINA; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU; WORLD;

MERCURIALIS ANNUA;

EID: 7444238711     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.07.020     Document Type: Article

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