Mercury transformations and fluxes in sediments of a riverine wetland

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3393-3406

  Goulet, Richard R ^a   Holmes, Jonathan ^b   Page, Bryan ^c   Poissant, Laurier ^d   Siciliano, Steven D ^e   Lean, David R S ^f   Wang, Feiyue ^c   Amyot, Marc ^f   Tessier, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; IN SITU TEST; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; TRANSFORMATION; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

EID: 34347393349     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.04.032     Document Type: Article

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