Spatial and temporal distributions of total and methyl mercury in precipitation in core urban areas, Chongqing, China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 9417-9426

  Wang, Y M ^a   Wang, D Y ^a,b   Meng, B ^c   Peng, Y L ^a   Zhao, L ^a   Zhu, J S ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING KEY LABORATORY OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

CHINA; CHONGQING;

EID: 84867817972     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-9417-2012     Document Type: Article

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