Investigation of factors affecting gaseous mercury concentrations in soils

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 419, Issue , 2012, Pages 136-143

  Moore, Christopher W ^a   Castro, Mark S ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Soil gas; Soil organic matter; Soil redox potential; Soil total gaseous mercury

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR MONITORING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST SOILS; GASEOUS MERCURY; MARYLAND; ORGANIC SOIL; REDOX POTENTIALS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL GAS; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL REDOX POTENTIAL; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TOTAL GASEOUS MERCURIES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REDOX REACTIONS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

FORESTRY;

MERCURY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOTAL GASEOUS MERCURY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC SOIL; REDOX POTENTIAL; SOIL GAS; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUOUS PLANT; GRASS; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARYLAND; MERCURY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; GAS; MARYLAND; MERCURY; MOISTURE CONTENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PYROMETRY; REDOX POTENTIAL; SOIL;

GARRETT COUNTY; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857050416     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.068     Document Type: Article

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