Mercury isotopes of atmospheric particle bound mercury for source apportionment study in urban Kolkata, India

Elementa

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Das, Reshmi ^a   Wang, Xianfeng ^a,b   Khezri, Bahareh ^c   Webster, Richard D ^c   Sikdar, Pradip Kumar ^d   Datta, Subhajit ^e  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT   (India)

^e SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; FRACTIONATION; INCINERATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT SOURCE; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; RESIDENCE TIME; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

INDIA; KOLKATA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84986310064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23251026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000098     Document Type: Article

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