Horizontal and vertical distributions of mercury in 1983 Lake Superior sediments with estimates of storage and mass flux

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 683-696

  Rossmann, Ronald ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic storage; Lake Superior; Mercury; Sediments

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GREAT LAKES(LAKE SUPERIOR); NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033496447     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(99)70770-7     Document Type: Article

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