Mercury emission from coal seam fire at Wuda, Inner Mongolia, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 176-184

  Liang, Yanci ^a,b   Liang, Handong ^a   Zhu, Shuquan ^b  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF COAL RESOURCES AND SAFE MINING   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Coal seam fire; Living environment; Near Surface atmosphere; Northern China; Total gaseous mercury; Urban area; Wuda

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; COAL DEPOSITS; MERCURY (METAL);

COAL SEAMS; LIVING ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN CHINA; TOTAL GASEOUS MERCURIES; URBAN AREAS; WUDA;

MINE FIRES;

COAL; MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL SEAM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERIPHERAL REGION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHINA; COAL SEAM FIRE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIRE; FUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; WUDA;

EID: 84888767731     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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