Historical trends in mercury sedimentation and mixing in the strait of Georgia, Canada

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4361-4368

  Johannessen, Sophia C ^a   MacDonald, Robie W ^a   Eek, K Magnus ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIXING; DRY WEIGHT; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; MERCURY SEDIMENTATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISMS; MIXING; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CANADA; DILUTION; DRY WEIGHT; FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; WAR;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUORESCENCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MERCURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; STRAIT OF GEORGIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20844461790     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es040535i     Document Type: Article

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