Mercury contamination in Marano Lagoon (Northern Adriatic sea, Italy): Source identification by analyses of Hg phases

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1546-1559

  Piani, Raffaella ^a   Covelli, Stefano ^a   Biester, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MERCURY (METAL); MINING; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEDIMENTS; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION; TEXTILE FIBERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CINNABAR (HGS); FISH FARMS; HUMIC ACID; SHELLFISH;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; LAGOON; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ADRIATIC SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23044444938     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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