Antimony in the environment: A review focused on natural waters I. Occurence

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 125-176

  Filella, Montserrat ^a   Belzile, Nelson ^b   Chen, Yu Wei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimony; Estuaries; Freshwater; Seawater; Sediments; Soils; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0036134872     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(01)00070-8     Document Type: Article

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