A simple and accurate method to measure total gaseous mercury concentrations in unsaturated soils

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 218, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 3-9

  Moore, ChristopheR W ^a   Castro, Mark S ^a   Brooks, Steven B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NOAA Air Resources Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Gold traps; Soil pore air; Total gaseous mercury; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR CONCENTRATION; AMBIENT AIR MONITORING; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GOLD-COATED; MARYLAND; MASS FLOW CONTROLLER; QUARTZ TRAP; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PORE AIR; SOIL PORES; TOTAL GASEOUS MERCURIES; TOTAL MERCURIES; UNSATURATED SOIL; UNSATURATED SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; MERCURY (METAL); QUARTZ;

SOILS;

MERCURY;

AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOIL AIR; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL HORIZON; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

ACCURACY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053566900     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0691-7     Document Type: Article

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