Measurement and scaling of air-surface mercury exchange from substrates in the vicinity of two Nevada gold mines

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3879-3886

  Miller, Matthieu B ^a   Gustin, Mae S ^a   Eckley, Chris S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mercury; Emissions; Flux; Mining

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; BEDROCK OUTCROP; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FIELD DATA; GOLD ORES; GOLD PRODUCTION; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG FLUX; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MINE SITE; NON-POINT SOURCE; OVER SAMPLING; SUBSTRATE TYPES; UNDISTURBED SOILS;

GOLD; GOLD MINES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY DEPOSITS; MERCURY MINES; MINERAL RESOURCES; ORES; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SUBSTRATES;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GOLD; GOLD MINE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; ORE DEPOSIT; POINT SOURCE; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MINING; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GOLD; MERCURY; MINING; NEVADA; SOIL;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051799998     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.040     Document Type: Article

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