Mercury cycling between the water column and surface sediments in a contaminated area

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2893-2900

  Ramalhosa, Elsa ^a   Segade, Susana Río ^b   Pereira, Eduarda ^c   Vale, Carlos ^d   Duarte, Armando ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b Estación de Viticultura e Enoloxía de Galicia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Largo do Laranjo; Non reactive mercury; Pore waters; Reactive mercury; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISSOLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); OXIDES; SEDIMENTS;

LARGO DO LARANJO; NON-REACTIVE MERCURY; PORE WATERS; REACTIVE MERCURY;

WATER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; MERCURY; OXIDE; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISSOLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); OXIDES; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONTAMINATED LAND; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC MATTER; POREWATER; SEDIMENT; WATER COLUMN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIQUID; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOLID; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; LARGO DO LARANJO; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746734898     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.05.023     Document Type: Article

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