Mercury isotopic evidence for multiple mercury sources in coal from the illinois basin

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1724-1729

  Lefticariu, Liliana ^a   Blum, Joel D ^b   Gleason, James D ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC MERCURY; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; COAL SEAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; ILLINOIS; INORGANIC COMPONENTS; INORGANIC FRACTIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; ISOTOPIC STUDY; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; MASS-INDEPENDENT FRACTIONATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REDUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRACING SOURCES;

AIR POLLUTION; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); SULFUR;

COAL COMBUSTION;

COAL; MERCURY; PYRITE; SULFUR; AIR POLLUTANT; ISOTOPE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL SEAM; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PENNSYLVANIAN; PYRITE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

ILLINOIS BASIN; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; COAL; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ILLINOIS; ISOTOPES; MERCURY;

EID: 79951592207     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102875n     Document Type: Article

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