Chlor-alkali industrial contamination and riverine transport of mercury: Distribution and partitioning of mercury between water, suspended matter, and bottom sediment of the Thur River, France

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1837-1854

  Hissler, Christophe ^a   Probst, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; MELTING; SETTLING TANKS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CHLOR ALKALI PLANT (CAP); HYDROLOGICAL PERIODS; RIVER SYSTEMS; RIVERINE TRANSPORTS;

MERCURY (METAL);

DISSOLVED MATTER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SNOWMELT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

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

EID: 33751037075     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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