Mercury contamination in the Yatsushiro Sea, south-western Japan: Spatial variations of mercury in sediment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 257, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 121-132

  Tomiyasu, Takashi ^a   Nagano, Ayako ^a   Yonehara, Norinobu ^a   Sakamoto, Hayao ^a   Rifardi, ^b   Oki, Kimihiko ^a   Akagi, Hirokatsu ^c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Science of Marine Resources   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dispersion of pollutant; Marine sediment; Mercury pollution; Yatsushiro Sea

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; CORE ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; JAPAN; MINAMATA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; MERCURY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EAST CHINA SEA; JAPAN;

EID: 0034632707     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00502-7     Document Type: Article

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