Potential effects of forest fire and storm flow on total mercury and methylmercury in sediments of an arid-lands reservoir

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 260, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 125-133

  Caldwell, C A ^a   Canavan, C M ^b   Bloom, N S ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b 2357 W Union   (United States)

^c Frontier Geosciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Methylmercury; Storm runoff; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; RAIN; RUNOFF;

FOREST FIRE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIRE; FOREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NATURAL DISASTERS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034626594     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00554-4     Document Type: Article

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