Mechanisms of physico-chemical interaction of mercury with river sediments from a gold mining region in Brazil: Relative mobility of mercury species

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 119-124

  Melamed, R ^a   Bôas, R C Villas ^a   Goncalves G O ^a   Paiva, E C ^a  

^a Lab de Cultura de Células II   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Complexiation; Mobility; Solubility; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; GOLD MINES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ORGANIC ACIDS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOLUBILITY;

HUMIC ACID; IONIC MERCURY; METHYL MERCURY; SPECIATION;

MERCURY (METAL);

ADSORPTION; COMPLEXATION; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GOLD MINING; MERCURY; MOBILITY; RIVER; RIVER SEDIMENT; SOLUBILITY; SPECIATION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0031127921     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(96)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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