Mercury mobility at the Carson River Superfund Site, west-central Nevada, USA: Interpretation of mercury speciation data in mill tailings, soils, and sediments

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 259-267

  Lechler, Paul J ^a   Miller, Jerry R ^b   Hsu, Liang Chi ^a   Desilets, Mario O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Mercury; Mining; Nevada; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; GOLD; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TAILINGS;

AMALGAMATION; MERCURY MOBILITY; MERCURY SPECIATION; SULFIDE MERCURY;

MERCURY (METAL);

CONTAMINANT MIGRATION; CONTAMINATION; MERCURY; MINING; MINING WASTE; SPECIATION; SUPERFUND SITE;

USA, NEVADA, CARSON RIVER; USA, NEVADA, LAHONTAN RESERVOIR;

EID: 0031127488     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(96)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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