Total mercury and methylmercury in sediments near offshore drilling sites in the Gulf of Mexico

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 375-385

  Trefry, John H ^a   Trocine, Robert P ^a   McElvaine, Michelle L ^a   Rember, Robert D ^b   Hawkins, Lucas T ^c  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Frontier Geosciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; Mercury; Methylmercury; Offshore oil; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OFFSHORE DRILLING;

GULF OF MEXICO; METHYLMERCURY; OFFSHORE OILS; REDOX STATE;

SEDIMENTS;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; DRILLING FLUID; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MERCURY (PLANET); METHYLMERCURY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 34548042725     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0653-6     Document Type: Article

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