Mercury emissions from point sources in South Africa

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 113-130

  Leaner, Joy J ^a   Dabrowski, James M ^a   Mason, Robert P ^b   Resane, Tabby ^c   Richardson, Marguerite ^c   Ginster, Martin ^c   Gericke, Gerhard ^d   Petersen, Chantel R ^e   Masekoameng, Elizabeth ^a   Ashton, Peter J ^a   Murray, Kevin ^f,g  

^a Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism ^*  (South Africa)

^d SASOL Mining   (South Africa)

^e ESKOM   (South Africa)

^f Departments of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 84892018524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-93958-2_5     Document Type: Chapter

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