Overview of investigations into mercury in ground water, soils, and septage, New Jersey coastal plain

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 193-221

  Barringer, Julia L ^a   Szabo, Zoltan ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloids; Ground water; Mercury (Hg); Methylmercury; Septic Systems; Sulfate (SO4); Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; MERCURY (METAL); SOIL POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTION;

METHYLMERCURY; SEPTIC SYSTEMS; SOIL DISTURBANCES; SULFATE (SO4);

POLLUTION DETECTION;

AMMONIA; BORON; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MERCURY; NITROGEN OXIDE; SODIUM; SOLVENT; SULFATE; SURFACTANT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WELL WATER;

COLLOIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; MERCURY (METAL); POLLUTION DETECTION; SOIL POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTION;

COASTAL PLAIN; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL PLAIN; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LANDFILL; METHYLATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEPTIC TANK; SEWAGE; SEWER; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747140797     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9130-1     Document Type: Article

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