Atmospheric mercury incorporation in soils of an area impacted by a chlor-alkali plant (Grenoble, France): Contribution of canopy uptake

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 445-446, Issue , 2013, Pages 356-364

  Guédron, Stéphane ^a   Grangeon, Sylvain ^a   Jouravel, Glorianne ^a   Charlet, Laurent ^a   Sarret, Géraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mercury; Canopy uptake; Chlor alkali; Crop; Hg; Soil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; CANOPY UPTAKE; CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; CHLOR-ALKALI; CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS; GRENOBLE; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LITTERFALLS; PLANT MATERIAL; REACTIVE GASEOUS; SIMILAR DISTANCE; SNOWMELT; SOIL PROFILES; SURFACE HORIZONS; TREE SPECIES; TROPHIC CHAINS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CROPS; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; IRON OXIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SILICATES; SOILS;

MERCURY (METAL);

ARSENIC; COPPER; IRON OXIDE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; RAIN; SILICATE; SNOW; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CANOPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; CROP; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; TOPSOIL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AIR POLLUTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CANOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST SOIL; FRANCE; GRAIN; LEACHING; LEAF LITTER; MAIZE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT LITTER; PLANT ROOT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

DEGRADATION; FARM CROPS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; IRON OXIDES; MERCURY; PLANTS; SILICATES; SOIL;

FRANCE; GRENOBLE; ISERE; RHONE-ALPES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84872778078     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.084     Document Type: Article

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