Sulfide species as a sink for mercury in lake sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6644-6648

  Wolfenden, Steven ^a   Charnock, John M ^a   Hilton, John ^b   Livens, Francis R ^a,c   Vaughan, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTS; SULFIDE MINERALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

LAKE SEDIMENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON ACTIVITY; SULFIDE SPECIES; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

MERCURY (METAL);

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLORIDE; LAKE WATER; MERCURY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFIDE;

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFIDE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METHANOGENESIS; MICROANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; MINERALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEASONS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SULFIDES; SULFUR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 24644509182     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048874z     Document Type: Article

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