Mercury methylation at mercury mines in the Humboldt River Basin, Nevada, USA

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-149

  Gray, John E ^a   Crock, James G ^a   Lasorsa, Brenda K ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; ALKYLATION; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

DESERT CLIMATES; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY METHYLATION; METHYL MERCURY; SEDIMENTS AND WATERS; STREAM SEDIMENTS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER SAMPLES;

MERCURY MINES;

ABANDONED MINE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MINE WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

HUMBOLDT RIVER BASIN; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036590602     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-787302-017     Document Type: Article

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