Speciation and transport of newly deposited mercury in a boreal forest wetland: A stable mercury isotope approach

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Branfireun, B A ^a   Krabbenhoft, D P ^b   Hintelmann, H ^c   Hunt, R J ^b   Hurley, J P ^d   Rudd, J W M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e Rudd and Kelly Research Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ISOTOPES; PEAT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WETLANDS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; METHYLMERCURY (MEHG); PORE WATER; WATER TABLES;

MERCURY (METAL);

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOREAL FOREST; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPES; MERCURY; PEAT; WETLANDS;

EID: 22444440765     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003219     Document Type: Article

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