Mercury concentrations in soils adjacent to a former chlor-alkali plant

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-37

  Rule, J H ^a   Iwashchenko, M S ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMS Environmental   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANTS; ECOSYSTEMS; MERCURY (METAL); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; MERCURY; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICITY; MERCURIALISM; PH MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0031952357     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1998.00472425002700010006x     Document Type: Article

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