Natural mercury levels in geological enriched and geological active areas: Case study of Katun river and Lake Teletskoye, Altai (Siberia)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 142, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 375-393

  Baeyens, W ^a   Dehandschutter, B ^a,e   Leermakers, M ^a   Bobrov, V A ^b   Hus, R ^c   Baeyens Volant, D ^d  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air; Exhalation; Geological deposits; Katun river; Mercury; Natural sources; Radon; Sediments; Teletskoye; Water

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATER ANALYSIS;

GEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS;

RIVERS;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; RADON;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; LAKE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); REGIONAL GEOLOGY; RIVER;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOLOGY; LAKE; METHYLATION; REVIEW; RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0037278068     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022099410739     Document Type: Review

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