Mercury in European agricultural and grazing land soils

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-12

  Ottesen, Rolf Tore ^a   Birke, Manfred ^b   Finne, Tor Erik ^a   Gosar, Mateja ^c   Locutura, Juan ^d   Reimann, Clemens ^a   Tarvainen, Timo ^e   Albanese, S ^f   Andersson, M ^f   Arnoldussen, A ^f   Batista, M J ^f   Bel lan, A ^f   Cicchella, D ^f   Demetriades, A ^f   Dinelli, E ^f   De Vivo, B ^f   De Vos, W ^f   Duris, M ^f   Dusza, A ^f   Eggen, O A ^f   Eklund, M ^f   Ernstsen, V ^f   Filzmoser, P ^f   Flight, D ^f   Fuchs, M ^f   Fugedi, U ^f   Gilucis, A ^f   Gregorauskiene, V ^f   Gulan, A ^f   Halamic J ^f   Haslinger, E ^f   Hayoz, P ^f   Hoffmann, R ^f   Hoogewerff, J ^f   Hrvatovic, H ^f   Husnjak, S ^f   Johnson, C C ^f   Jordan, G ^f   Kaste, L ^f   Keilert, B ^f   Kivisilla, J ^f   Klos, V ^f   Krone, F ^f   Kwecko, P ^f   Kuti, L ^f   Ladenberger, A ^f   Lima, A ^f   Lucivjansky, D P ^f   Mackovych, D ^f   Malyuk, B I ^f   Maquil, R ^f   McDonnell, P ^f   Meuli, R G ^f   Miosic, N ^f   Mol, G ^f   Negrel P ^f   O'Connor, P ^f   Pasieczna, A ^f   Petersell, W ^f   Ponavic M ^f   Pramuka, S ^f   Prazeres, C ^f   Rauch, U ^f   Reitner, H ^f   Sadeghi, M ^f   Salpeteur, I ^f   Samardzic, N ^f   Schedl, A ^f   Scheib, A ^f   Schoeters, I ^f   Sefcik, P ^f   Skopljak, F ^f   Slaninka, I ^f   Sorsa A ^f   Stafilov, T ^f   Sellersjo E ^f   Trendavilov, V ^f   Valera, P ^f   Verougstraete, V ^f   Vidojevic D ^f   Zomeni, Z ^f   more..

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COAL; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; MERCURY (METAL); SOIL SURVEYS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; AQUA REGIA EXTRACTION; CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC MATERIALS; URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS;

SOILS;

AGGLOMERATION; AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE EFFECT; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 84885955087     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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