Discharge of mercury from the Wairakei geothermal power station to the Waikato River, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 327-336

  Timperley, M H ^a   Hill, L F ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Elemental mercury; Geothermal; Mercury discharge; Waikato River; Wairakei

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030829623     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516770     Document Type: Article

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