Weathering versus atmospheric contributions to mercury concentrations in French Guiana soils

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2010-2022

  Guedron, Stephane ^a   Grimaldi, Catherine ^b   Chauvel, Catherine ^c   Spadini, Lorenzo ^a   Grimaldi, Michel ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MINING ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOILS; WEATHERING;

ACRISOLS; LITHOGENIC HG; TOPOSEQUENCES; TROPICAL SOILS;

MERCURY (METAL);

ACRISOL; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; FERRALSOL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; PARENT MATERIAL; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL PROFILE; TROPICAL SOIL; WEATHERING;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751031103     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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