A historical reconstruction of organic and inorganic contamination events in the Saguenay Fjord/St. Lawrence system from preindustrial times to the present

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 213, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 139-150

  Louchouarn, Patrick ^a   Lucotte, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lignin; Lower St. Lawrence Estuary; Mercury; Saguenay Fjord

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LIGNIN; MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; ESTUARY POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MERCURY; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; MERCURIALISM; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

CANADA, QUEBEC, ST LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 0032503532     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00085-0     Document Type: Article

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