Atmospheric distribution and deposition of mercury in the Idrija Hg mine region, Slovenia

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Kocman, David ^a   Vreča, Polona ^a   Fajon, Vesna ^a   Horvat, Milena ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Idrija; Mercury; Speciation; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CINNABAR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMELTING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); THROUGHFALL; TRANSFORMATION;

AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DRY DEPOSITION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLOVENIA; SMELTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONS; SLOVENIA; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

IDRIJA; SLOVENIA;

EID: 78751575746     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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