Atmospheric deposition of mercury and cadmium impacts on topsoil in a typical coal mine city, Lianyuan, China

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 189; pp. 198 - 205
• Main Authors: Liang, Jie, Feng, Chunting, Zeng, Guangming, Zhong, Minzhou, Gao, Xiang, Li, Xiaodong, He, Xinyue, Li, Xin, Fang, Yilong, Mo, Dan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2017
• Subjects: agricultural land; Agriculture; Atmosphere - chemistry; Atmospheric deposition; Cadmium; Cadmium - analysis; China; Cities; coal; Coal - analysis; Coal mines; Coal Mining; combustion; correlation; emissions; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Pollution - analysis; Environmental Pollution - statistics & numerical data; Forests; land use; Mercury; Mercury - analysis; regression analysis; Soil; Soil - chemistry; Soil Pollutants - analysis; topsoil; China; Soil; Cadmium; Coal mines; Atmospheric deposition; Mercury

Mercury (Hg) and cadmium (Cd) in the atmosphere from coal combustion emissions play an important role in soil pollution. Therefore, the purposes of this study were to quantitatively evaluate the atmospheric Hg and Cd deposition and to determine the influence of atmospheric deposition on Hg and Cd co...