The ebullition of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, methane, carbon dioxide and total gaseous mercury from the Cornwall Area of Concern

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 381, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 256-262

  Poissant, Laurier ^a,b   Constant, Philippe ^a   Pilote, Martin ^a   Canário, João ^c   O'Driscoll, Nelson ^a   Ridal, Jeff ^d   Lean, David ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agraria e das Pescas   (Portugal)

^d St Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROGEN; MERCURY (METAL); METHANE; MICROORGANISMS;

ANAEROBIC ENVIRONMENTS; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; TRAPPED GAS CONCENTRATIONS;

FERMENTATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROGEN; MERCURY; METHANE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BUBBLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIAGENESIS; EMISSION INVENTORY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WETLAND;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; DIAGENESIS; FLOODING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS DIFFUSION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; VAPORIZATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; METHANE; PHASE TRANSITION; QUEBEC; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249817875     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.03.029     Document Type: Article

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