Distribution and speciation of mercury in mine waste dumps

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-241

  Hojdová, Maria ^a,b   Navrátil, Tomáš ^a   Rohovec, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Mercury; Mercury speciation; Mine waste; Thermo desorption analysis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MERCURY SPECIATION; MINE WASTE; MINE WASTE DUMPS; THERMODESORPTION ANALYSIS;

DESORPTION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY MINES; TOXICITY;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; DESORPTION; MINING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; MINING;

EID: 40949106790     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9352-y     Document Type: Article

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