Fractionation of mercury in sediments of theWarta River (Poland)

Environmental Engineering - Proceedings of the 2nd National Congress of Environmental Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 403-413

  Boszke, Leonard ^a   Kowalski, Artur ^a   Siepak, Jerzy ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Mercury; Poland; Sequential extraction; Warta river

Indexed keywords

DRY MASS; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC MATTER; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY SPECIES; MOBILE FRACTIONS; ORGANOMERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLAND; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FRACTIONATION; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POSITIVE IONS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEPARATION;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 34250189959     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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