Fractionation of mercury in sediments from coastal zone inundated by tsunami and in freshwater sediments from the rivers

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 847-858

  Boszke, Leonard ^a   Astel, Aleksander ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cluster imaging; Fractionation; Mercury; Poland; Sequential extraction; Thailand; Tsunami sediments; Vistula river; Warta river

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANOMETALLICS; RIVERS; TSUNAMIS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CLUSTER IMAGING; FRESHWATER SEDIMENTS; ORGANOMERCURY; VISTULA RIVER;

SEDIMENTS;

FRESH WATER; HUMIC ACID; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; COASTAL WATERS; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; PHASE SEPARATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIVER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TSUNAMI; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MERCURY; NATURAL DISASTERS; POLAND; RIVERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THAILAND;

EID: 34250190942     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520701373018     Document Type: Article

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