50-year record and solid state speciation of mercury in natural and contaminated reservoir sediment

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1359-1370

  Castelle, Sabine ^a   Schäfer, Jörg ^a   Blanc, Gérard ^a   Audry, Stéphane ^a   Etcheber, Henri ^a   Lissalde, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHELATION; CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC RESUSPENSION; POLYMETALLIC POLLUTION; SOLID STATE SPECIATION;

SEDIMENTS;

ABUNDANCE; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HISTORICAL RECORD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LOT RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250618255     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.03.025     Document Type: Article

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