Vertical variations in the concentration of mercury in soils around Sakurajima Volcano, Southern Kyushu, Japan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 304, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 221-230

  Tomiyasu, Takashi ^a   Okada, Morimichi ^a   Imura, Ryusuke ^a   Sakamoto, Hayao ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Organic matter; Sakurajima; Soil; Vertical variation of mercury; Volcanic activity

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTATION; VOLCANOES;

VERTICAL VARIATIONS;

SOILS;

MERCURY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC SOIL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; JAPAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; VOLCANO;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; MERCURY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

JAPAN;

FRAXINUS;

EID: 0037456817     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00571-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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