Atmospheric mercury inputs in montane soils increase with elevation: Evidence from mercury isotope signatures

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Hua ^a,b   Yin, Run Sheng ^a   Feng, Xin Bin ^a   Sommar, Jonas ^a   Anderson, Christopher W N ^c   Sapkota, Atindra ^a   Fu, Xue Wu ^a   Larssen, Thorjørn ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84888881911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03322     Document Type: Article

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