Closed Chloralkaline Plant as Hg-pollution Source in Kastela Bay, Adriatic Sea (croatia)
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Concentrations of gaseous mercury (2.1 9.6 μg m−3) were measured within the former chlor-alkali plant in Kaštela Bay. This is a hazardous source of pollution and could present a serious problem for the town of Split and Jadro River. The aim of the work was to find the direction in which Hg-pollution was distributed. Soil samples were collected and total Hg concentrations were measured in soils and in sediments of Jadro River. Hg was transported in NW direction from pollution source and did not affect the source of Jadro River.
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