Atmospheric mercury pollution at an urban site in central Taiwan: Mercury emission sources at ground level

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 579-585

  Huang, Jiaoyan ^a   Liu, Chia Kuan ^b   Huang, Ci Song ^b   Fang, Guor Cheng ^b  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mercury concentrations; Dry deposition; Passive sampler; Surrogate surface; Taiwan; Urban site

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; DEPOSITION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLLUTION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WASTE INCINERATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; DRY DEPOSITION; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; SURROGATE SURFACES; TAIWAN; URBAN SITE;

URBAN GROWTH;

MERCURY;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; EMISSION; INCINERATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OXIDATION; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN AREA;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMBUSTION; DRY DEPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; EXHAUST GAS; NORTH AMERICA; PLUME; SOLID WASTE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA;

NORTH AMERICA; TAIWAN;

EID: 84862782672     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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