Long range transport of mercury to the Arctic and across Canada

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 6063-6086

  Durnford, D ^a   Dastoor, A ^a   Figueras Nieto, D ^a   Ryjkov, A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; CANADA;

EID: 77954375038     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-6063-2010     Document Type: Article

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