Mercury contamination in the vicinity of a derelict chlor-alkali plant. Part I: Sediment and water contamination of Lake Balkyldak and the River Irtysh

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 381, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Ullrich, Susanne M ^a   Ilyushchenko, Mikhail A ^b   Kamberov, Irken M ^c   Tanton, Trevor W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ALMATY UNIVERSITY OF POWER ENGINEERING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (Kazakhstan)

^c Institute of Natural Sciences (IEN)   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Lake Turingen; Lavaca Bay; Mercury; Onondaga Lake; Remediation; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); REMEDIATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

LAKE TURINGEN; LAVACA BAY; ONONDAGA LAKE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHEMICAL PLANTS;

GROUND WATER; LAKE WATER; MERCURY; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EFFECT; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KAZAKHSTAN; MERCURY; RIVERS; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRTYSH RIVER; KAZAKHSTAN; LAKE BALKYLDAK; PAVLODAR; WEST ASIA;

EID: 34249723209     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.02.033     Document Type: Article

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