Mercury in the River Nura and its floodplain, Central Kazakhstan: II. Floodplain soils and riverbank silt deposits

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 260, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 45-55

  Heaven, S ^b   Ilyushchenko, M A ^c   Kamberov, I M ^d   Politikov, M I ^d   Tanton, T W ^a   Ullrich, S M ^a   Yanin, E P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Kazakh Stt Acad Arch and Constr   (Kazakhstan)

^c Inst of New Chem Technol and Mat   (Kazakhstan)

^d NATIONAL NUCLEAR CENTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN   (Kazakhstan)

^e Institute of Mineralogy   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Floodplain soils; Mercury; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; MERCURY; RIVER WATER;

FLOODPLAIN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING;

ACETALDEHYDE; CARBON; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KAZAKHSTAN; MERCURY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0034626601     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00566-0     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Hatch W.R., Ott W.L. Determination of sub-microgram quantities of mercury by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Anal Chem. 40:1968;2085-2087.
2. Hintelmann H., Wilken R.D. Levels of total mercury and methylmercury compounds in sediments of the polluted Elbe River: influence of seasonally and spatially varying environmental factors. Sci Total Environ. 166:1995;1-10.
3. Jackson T.A. Biological and environmental control of mercury accumulation by fish in lakes and reservoirs of Northern Manitoba, Canada. Can J Fish Aquat Sci. 48(12):1991;2449-2470.
4. Kelly C.A., Rudd J.W.M., Bodaly R.A. et al. Increases in fluxes of greenhouse gases and methyl mercury following flooding of an experimental reservoir. Environ Sci Technol. 31(5):1997;1334-1344.
5. Lodenius M. Factors affecting the mobilization of mercury from soil. 9th international conference on heavy metals in the environment, New Orleans. 1987;417-419 CEP Consultants Ltd, Edinburgh.
6. Mucci A., Lucotte M., Montgomery S., Plourde Y., Pichet P., Vantra H. Mercury remobilization from flooded soils in a hydroelectric reservoir of Northern Quebec, La Grande-2 - results of a soil resuspension experiment. Can J Fish Aquat Sci. 52:1995;2507-2517.
7. Wallschläger D., Hintelmann H., Evans R.D., Wilken R.D. Volatilization of dimethylmercury and elemental mercury from River Elbe floodplain soils. Water Air Soil Pollut. 80:1995;1325-1329.
8. Wallschläger D., Desai M.V.M., Wilken R.D. The role of humic substances in the aqueous mobilization of mercury from contaminated floodplain soils. Water Air Soil Pollut. 90:1996;507-520.
9. Wilken R.D., Hintelmann H. Mercury and methylmercury in sediments and suspended particles from the river Elbe, North Germany. Water Air Soil Pollut. 56:1991;427-437.
10. Wilken R.D., Wallschläger D. The Elbe River: a special example for a European river contaminated heavily with mercury. Paper presented at NATO conference, Novosibirsk, July 1995. 1995.
11. Yanin E.P. Mercury in the surroundings of the city of Temirtau, Central Kazakhstan. 1997;IMGRE, Moscow.