Mercury levels in sediments of central Mediterranean Sea: A 150+ year record from box-cores recovered in the Strait of Sicily

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2366-2376

  Leonardo, Rossella Di ^a   Tranchida, Giorgio ^a   Bellanca, Adriana ^a   Neri, Rodolfo ^a   Angelone, Massimo ^b   Mazzola, Salvo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

210Pb chronology; Background level; Box core sediments; Mercury; Strait of Sicily

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; MERCURY (METAL); MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

210PB CHRONOLOGY; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BOX CORE SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

LEAD 210; MERCURY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; MERCURY (METAL); MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHRONOLOGY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; FIELD EMISSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINERALOGY; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; VOLCANO; WATER SAMPLING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF SICILY;

EID: 33751220204     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.04.076     Document Type: Article

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