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Mercury Exchange Flux from Two Different Soil Types and Affecting Parameters

  • Park, Sang-Young (Technical Department, APM Engineering Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Kim, Pyung-Rea (Department of Environmental Science, College of Natural Science, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Han, Young-Ji (Department of Environmental Science, College of Natural Science, Kangwon National University)
  • Received : 2013.08.12
  • Accepted : 2013.11.22
  • Published : 2013.12.31
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Abstract

Mercury exchange fluxes between atmosphere and soil surface were measured in two different types of soils; lawn soil (LS) and forest soil (FS). Average Hg emission from LS was higher than from FS although the soil Hg content was more than 2 times higher in forest soil. In LS, Hg emissions were much greater in warm season than in cold season; however, deposition was dominant in FS during warm season because of leafy trees blocking the solar radiation reaching on the soil surface. In both LS and FS, Hg fluxes showed significantly positive correlations with UV radiation and soil surface temperature during cold season. In addition, it was observed that emission showed positive correlation with UV radiation and soil temperature while there was negative relationship between deposition and UV radiation.

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