How humic substances dominate mercury geochemistry in contaminated floodplain soils and sediments

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1044-1054

  Wallschläger, Dirk ^a,b   Desai, Madhukar V M ^b,c   Spengler, Markus ^d   Windmöller, Cláudia Carvalhinho ^b,e   Wilken, Rolf Dieter ^b,f  

^a Frontier Geosciences Inc   (United States)

^b GKSS ^*

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e DBQ Unijui   (Brazil)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS TRANSFER; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION;

HUMIC ACIDS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

MERCURY; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; METHYLATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRANSPORT KINETICS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 0032167844     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1998.00472425002700050009x     Document Type: Article

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