Evaluating the impact of a limestone quarry on suspended and accumulated dust

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1732-1739

  Bluvshtein, Nir ^a,b   Mahrer, Yitzhak ^a   Sandler, Amir ^c   Rytwo, Giora ^b,d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accumulated dust; Enrichment factor; Limestone quarry; Mineralogy; Suspended dust

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATED DUST; CARBONATE ROCK; DUST SAMPLES; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LIMESTONE QUARRY; MINERAL DUST; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; PERSIANS; POLLUTION SOURCES; RESEARCH AREAS; ROCK QUARRYING; SUMMER SEASON; SUSPENDED DUST; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; SYNOPTIC SYSTEMS; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TRACE METAL;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; LIMESTONE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; QUARRIES; ROCKS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DUST;

LIMESTONE; TRACE METAL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAVIMETRY; LIMESTONE; LITHOSPHERE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUARRY; SEASONALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN; IRAN; ISRAEL; LITHOSPHERE; MINERALOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SUMMER;

ISRAEL;

EID: 79951727204     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.12.055     Document Type: Article

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