The Lagoon of Ravenna (Italy): Characterisation of mercury-contaminated sediments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 213, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 121-128

  Fabbri, D ^a   Felisatti, O ^b   Lombardo, M ^a   Trombini, C ^a   Vassura, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Ambiente SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mercury pollution; Ravenna Lagoon; Sediments; Styrene butadiene rubbers; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMER; STYRENE; SULFUR;

LAGOON; MERCURY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ITALY; LAGOON; MERCURIALISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ITALY, EMILIA-ROMAGNA, RAVENNA;

EID: 0032503541     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00083-7     Document Type: Article

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