Non-point source mercury emission from the Idrija Hg-mine region: GIS mercury emission model

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2038-2046

  Kocman, David ^a   Horvat, Milena ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Emission; GIS; Idrija Hg mine; Mercury; Modelling

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; INFORMATION USE; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONTAMINATED SURFACES; EMISSION; EMISSION MODEL; HG MINES; IDRIJA HG-MINE; MERCURY; MERCURY EMISSION FLUX; MERCURY EMISSIONS; MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCES;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

MERCURY;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GIS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METEOROLOGY; MINE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; RADIATION; RIVER; SLOVENIA; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY;

IDRIJA; SLOVENIA;

EID: 79956054106     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.03.034     Document Type: Article

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