Global mercury emissions to the atmosphere from natural and anthropogenic sources

Mercury Fate and Transport in the Global Atmosphere: Emissions, Measurements and Models

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-49

  Pirrone, Nicola ^a   Cinnirella, Sergio ^a   Feng, Xinbin ^b   Finkelman, Robert B ^c   Friedli, Hans R ^d   Leaner, Joy ^e   Mason, Rob ^f   Mukherjee, Arun B ^g   Stracher, Glenn ^h   Streets, David G ⁱ   Telmer, Kevin ^j  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h EAST GEORGIA COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-93958-2_1     Document Type: Chapter

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