Wet deposition of mercury within the vicinity of a cement plant before and during cement plant maintenance

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1255-1262

  Rothenberg, Sarah E ^a,b   McKee, Lester ^a   Gilbreath, Alicia ^a   Yee, Donald ^a   Connor, Mike ^a   Fu, Xuewu ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Cement plant; Flux; Mercury; Methylmercury; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANTS; CEMENT PRODUCTION; CLOSE PROXIMITY; CONTROL SITES; DEPOSITIONAL FLUXES; HANSON PERMANENTE CEMENTS; MERCURY; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METHYL MERCURY; PRECIPITATION LEVEL; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; TOTAL MERCURIES; VOLUME-WEIGHTED MEANS; WET DEPOSITION; WIND DIRECTIONS;

CEMENT PLANTS; CEMENTS; MAINTENANCE; MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

MERCURY (METAL);

LEAD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NICKEL; PETROLEUM; RAIN; STRONTIUM; VANADIUM;

CEMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WET DEPOSITION; WIND DIRECTION;

ARTICLE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES; WET DEPOSITION;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77349109471     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.12.033     Document Type: Article

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