Mercury isotope variations in surface soils in different contaminated areas in Guizhou Province, China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 249-255

  Feng, XinBin ^a   Yin, RunSheng ^a   Yu, Ben ^a,b   Du, BuYun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

isotope; mercury; source tracing; surface soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872666974     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5488-1     Document Type: Article

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