Mercury speciation in soils of the industrialised Thur River catchment (Alsace, France)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1855-1867

  Remy, Sandrine ^a   Prudent, Pascale ^a   Probst, Jean Luc ^b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); PH EFFECTS; TOXICITY;

ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TYPE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFUR;

ALSACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUT-RHIN; THUR RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750398576     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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