Transport of elemental mercury in the unsaturated zone from a waste disposal site in an arid region

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 572-583

  Walvoord, Michelle A ^a   Andraski, Brian J ^a   Krabbenhoft, David P ^b   Striegl, Robert G ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUNDWATER; MERCURY (METAL);

COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; PHASE CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; SUBSURFACE PEAKS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BOREHOLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; GAS; LANDFILL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 40349098071     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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