High-precision measurement of mercury isotope ratios of atmospheric deposition over the past 150 years recorded in a peat core taken from Hongyuan, Sichuan Province, China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 877-882

  Shi, Wen Fang ^a,b   Feng, Xin Bin ^a   Zhang, Gan ^c   Ming, Li Li ^b,c   Yin, Run Sheng ^a,b   Zhao, Zhi Qi ^a   Wang, Jing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

industrialization; isotope; mercury; ombrotrophic; peat

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953111774     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4396-0     Document Type: Article

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