Is the Negro River Basin (Amazon) impacted by naturally occurring mercury?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 275, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 71-82

  Fadini, P S ^a   Jardim, W F ^b  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Cycling; Mercury; Soil; Water

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; LAKES; LEACHING; MERCURY (METAL); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RIVERS; SOILS;

BULK PRECIPITATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

LAKE WATER; MERCURY; METAL; RIVER WATER; WATER;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER BASIN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LAKE; LEACHING; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SOIL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; MERCURY; REFERENCE VALUES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0035948763     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00855-X     Document Type: Article

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