Mercury and metals in South African precipitation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 286-298

  Gichuki, Susan W ^a,b   Mason, Robert P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposition; Mercury; Metal pollution; Precipitation; South Africa; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; METAL POLLUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DEPOSITION; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN;

COPPER;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINFALL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TRACE METAL; TRAJECTORY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

CAPE POINT; GAUTENG; PRETORIA; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84880628286     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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