Modelling of mercury transport and transformation processes in the Idrijca and Soča river system

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 149-163

  Žagar, Dušan ^a   Knap, Ana ^a   Warwick, John J ^b   Rajar, Rudi ^a   Horvat, Milena ^c   Četina, Matjaž ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic modelling; Mass balance; Mercury; Mercury cycling; Methylation; Modelling; Sediment transport; The Idrijca River; The So a River

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY CYCLING; METHYLATION; MODELLING; THE IDRIJCA RIVER; THE SOČA RIVER;

RIVERS;

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FLOOD WAVE; FLOODPLAIN; HEALTH RISK; HYDRODYNAMICS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RIVER BED; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; SOIL DRAINAGE; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HYDRODYNAMICS; MEASUREMENT; METHYLATION; MODEL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

MERCURY; METALLURGY; MINING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; SLOVENIA; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF TRIESTE; IDRIJA; ISONZO RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746645612     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.09.068     Document Type: Article

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