Investigation of local mercury deposition from a coal-fired power plant using mercury isotopes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 382-390

  Sherman, Laura S ^a   Blum, Joel D ^a   Keeler, Gerald J ^a   Demers, Jason D ^a   Dvonch, J Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC MERCURY; CLOSE PROXIMITY; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COAL-FIRED UTILITIES; FLORIDA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOCAL DEPOSITION; MERCURY DEPOSITIONS; POINT SOURCES; POWDERED COAL; PRECIPITATION SAMPLES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

COAL; COAL FIRED BOILERS; FLUE GASES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); PETROLEUM REFINING;

COAL COMBUSTION;

MERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POINT SOURCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BOILER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL FIRED UTILITY BOILER; COAL POWER; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FLUE GAS; FRACTIONATION; PRECIPITATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; COAL; FLORIDA; MERCURY; MERCURY ISOTOPES; POWER PLANTS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CRYSTAL RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855313595     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202793c     Document Type: Article

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