Emissions of air-borne mercury from five municipal solid waste landfills in Guiyang and Wuhan, China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3353-3364

  Li, Z G ^a   Feng, X ^a   Li, P ^a   Liang, L ^b   Tang, S L ^a   Wang, S F ^a   X W Fu, ^a   Qiu, G L ^a   Shang, L H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Cebam Analytical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; LANDFILL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SOIL COVER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

CHINA; GUIYANG; GUIZHOU; HUBEI; WUHAN;

EID: 84860390117     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-3353-2010     Document Type: Article

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