Determination of mercury evasion in a contaminated headwater stream

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1679-1687

  Maprani, Antu C ^a   Al, Tom A ^a   Macquarrie, Kerry T ^a   Dalziel, John A ^b   Shaw, Sean A ^a   Yeats, Phillip A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MERCURY (METAL); RECYCLING; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC RECYCLING; GAS-EXCHANGE COEFFICIENTS; VOLATILE POLLUTANTS; WATER BODIES;

WATER POLLUTION;

CHLORIDE; MERCURY; PROPANE; RAIN;

GOLD MINE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINE WASTE; TAILINGS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPLEX FORMATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; GAS EXCHANGE; GAS TRANSPORT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NONHUMAN; RECYCLING; STREAM (RIVER); TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; MERCURY; NEW BRUNSWICK; RIVERS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15244358536     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048962j     Document Type: Article

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