222Rn-calibrated mercury fluxes from terrestrial surface of southern Africa

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 6421-6428

  Slemr, F ^a   Brunke, E G ^b   Whittlestone, S ^c   Zahorowski, W ^c   Ebinghaus, R ^d   Kock, H H ^d   Labuschagne, C ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); RADON ISOTOPE; WET DEPOSITION;

CAPE POINT; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84880643685     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-6421-2013     Document Type: Article

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