Mercury distribution in seawater discharged from a coal-fired power plant equipped with a seawater flue gas desulfurization system

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1324-1332

  Liu, Xiyao ^a   Sun, Lumin ^a   Yuan, Dongxing ^a   Yin, Liqian ^a,b   Chen, Jinsheng ^b   Liu, Yaoxing ^a   Liu, Chengyu ^a   Liang, Ying ^c   Lin, Fangfang ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Coal fired power plant; Distribution; Marine environment; Mercury; Seawater

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SEA WATER; SULFUR;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; DISCHARGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MERCURY; POWER PLANTS; SEAWATER; SULFUR; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 80051670011     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0486-4     Document Type: Article

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