Mercury distribution in coals influenced by magmatic intrusions, and surface waters from the Huaibei Coal Mining District, Anhui, China

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 298-305

  Yan, Zhicao ^a,b   Liu, Guijian ^a,b   Sun, Ruoyu ^a   Wu, Dun ^a   Wu, Bin ^a   Zhou, Chuncai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAULT STRUCTURE; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MAGMATIC INTRUSIONS; MERCURY DISTRIBUTION; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL MINES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PILES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER VAPOR;

MERCURY (METAL);

COAL; COAL SEAM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IGNEOUS ROCK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PILE; SURFACE WATER;

ANHUI; CHINA; HUAIBEI COALFIELD;

EID: 84877626180     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.02.024     Document Type: Article

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