Speciated atmospheric mercury and its potential source in Guiyang, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 4205-4212

  Fu, Xuewu ^a   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Qiu, Guangle ^a   Shang, Lihai ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Sources; Speciated atmospheric mercury; Urban area

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; CHINA; COAL-COMBUSTION BOILERS; DIURNAL PATTERN; DIURNAL VARIATION; ELEVATED LEVEL; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY; GUIYANG CITY; PARTICULATE CONTROL; POINT SOURCES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; REACTIVE GASEOUS; RESIDENTIAL COALS; RESIDENTIAL EMISSIONS; SAMPLING SITE; SOUTHWEST CHINA; SPECIATED ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; URBAN AREAS; URBAN SITE;

MERCURY (METAL); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; COAL; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY; MERCURY; PARTICULATE MERCURY; REACTIVE GASEOUS MERCURY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PARTICULATE MATTER; POINT SOURCE; URBAN SITE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; EUROPE; GUIYANG; GUIZHOU; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 79959518899     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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