Mercury in the Lot-Garonne River system (France): Sources, fluxes and anthropogenic component

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 515-527

  Schafer J ^a   Blanc, G ^a   Audry, S ^a   Cossa, D ^b   Bossy, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENTS;

GARONNE-GIRONDE FLUVIAL-ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGIC VARIATIONS; METAL PROCESSING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER (SPM) CONCENTRATIONS;

RIVERS;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AQUITAINE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LOT-ET-GARONNE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALGAE;

EID: 33644517548     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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