Mercury emissions from natural surfaces highly impacted by human activities in Guangzhou province, South China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 185-193

  Fu, Xuewu ^a   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a,b   Yu, Ben ^a,b   Chen, Laiguo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Mercury flux; Natural source; Re emission; Southern China

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; AVERAGE FLUX; BARE SOILS; EMISSION FLUXES; EXCHANGE FLUXES; FOREST SOILS; GUANGDONG PROVINCE; GUANGZHOU; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG FLUX; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MERCURY EMISSIONS; MERCURY FLUXES; NATURAL SOURCES; NATURAL SURFACE; PADDY FIELDS; PADDY SOILS; POINT SOURCES; RE-EMISSION; SAMPLING SITE; SOIL POOLS; SOIL POROSITY; SOUTH CHINA; SOUTHERN CHINA; WATER LAYERS;

AGRICULTURE; MERCURY (METAL); SUN;

SOILS;

MERCURY;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AIR SAMPLING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BARE SOIL; FOREST SOIL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POINT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROSITY; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BARE SOIL; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; DRY PADDY SOIL; FOREST SOIL; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOLAR RADIATION; WET PADDY FIELD;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84860604449     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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