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Mercury Fate and Transport in the Global Atmosphere pp 113–130Cite as

Mercury emissions from point sources in South Africa

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As a first step towards assessing Hg levels in a systematic approach in South Africa, representatives from the South African government, academia, research councils and key industries recently initiated a South African Mercury Assessment (SAMA) Programme (Leaner et al., 2006). The SAMA Programme has undertaken some limited Hg inventory development and monitoring studies in South Africa. The preliminary results of those studies and that of Hg monitoring undertaken at Cape Point's Global Atmospheric Watch Station (Baker et al., 2002), are discussed in this paper.

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  1. CSIR – Natural Resources and the Environment, Stellenbosch, South Africa

    Joy J. Leaner

  2. CSIR – Natural Resources and the Environment, Pretoria, South Africa

    James M. Dabrowski

  3. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, USA

    Robert P. Mason

  4. Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Pretoria, South Africa

    Tabby Resane & Marguerite Richardson

  5. Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Pretoria, South Africa

    Martin Ginster

  6. SASOL, Rosebank, Gauteng, South Africa

    Gerhard Gericke

  7. ESKOM, ERID, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Chantel R. Petersen

  8. CSIR - Natural Resources and the Environment, Stellenbosch, South Africa

    Elizabeth Masekoameng

  9. CSIR – Natural Resources and the Environment, Pretoria, South Africa

    Peter J. Ashton

  10. Dep. of chemistry, and Dep. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Montreal, Canada

    Kevin Murray

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    Leaner, J.J. et al. (2009). Mercury emissions from point sources in South Africa. In: Mason, R., Pirrone, N. (eds) Mercury Fate and Transport in the Global Atmosphere. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-93958-2_5

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