Investigation of mercury levels in soil around a municipal solid waste incinerator in Shenzhen, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1001-1010

  Wang, Jun Jian ^a,b   Zhao, Hong Wei ^a,b   Zhong, Xiu Ping ^a,b   Kong, Si Fang ^a,b   Liu, Yang Sheng ^a,b   Zeng, Hui ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Circular Economy   (China)

Author keywords

Hg; Incineration; Municipal solid waste; Soil; Terrain

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION PATTERNS; DRY AND WET DEPOSITIONS; ENERGY RECOVERY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MERCURY LEVELS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR; PARTICULATE MERCURY; SOIL SAMPLE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SUBSURFACE SOIL; TERRAIN; TERRAIN PROFILE; TWO LAYERS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; INCINERATION; LANDFORMS; MERCURY (METAL); SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISPERSION; EMISSION; INCINERATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 80053131072     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-0918-y     Document Type: Article

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