Characterization of mercury in atmospheric particulate matter in the southeast coastal cities of China

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 454-461

  Xu, Lingling ^a,b   Chen, Jinsheng ^a   Niu, Zhenchuan ^a   Yin, Liqian ^a   Chen, Yanting ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Backward air trajectory; Dry deposition flux; Particulate mercury; Seasonal variation; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885579878     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2013.052     Document Type: Article

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