A review of studies on atmospheric mercury in China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 421-422, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-81

  Fu, Xuewu ^a   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Sommar, Jonas ^a   Wang, Shaofeng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mercury; China; Distribution; Emission

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; BARE SOILS; CHINA; CHINESE MAINLAND; DEPOSITION FLUXES; DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; DISTRIBUTION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; NATURAL SURFACE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARTICULATE MERCURY; REACTIVE GASEOUS MERCURY; REMOTE AREAS; REMOTE SITES; TOTAL GASEOUS MERCURIES; URBAN AREAS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; MERCURY (METAL); NEUTRON EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY DEPOSITION; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; MERCURY; MINING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84858288503     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.089     Document Type: Review

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