Mercury chemical transformations in the gas, aqueous and heterogeneous phases: State-of-the-art science and uncertainties

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 459-501

  Ariya, Parisa A ^a   Peterson, Kirk ^b   Snider, Graydon ^a   Amyot, Marc ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-93958-2_15     Document Type: Chapter

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