Dissolved radon and gaseous mercury in the Mediterranean seawater

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1068-1074

  Vaupotič, Janja ^a   Gregorič, Asta ^a   Kotnik, Jože ^a   Horvat, Milena ^a   Pirrone, Nicola ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Correlation; Dissolved gaseous mercury (DGM); Mediterranean Basin; Radon (222Rn); Seawater profiles

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; SEDIMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS;

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; DISSOLVED GASEOUS MERCURY (DGM); MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; SEAWATER PROFILES; WATER TEMPERATURES;

SEAWATER;

MERCURY; RADON 222; SEA WATER;

BAROMETRY; CORRELATION; DISSOLVED GAS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SEAWATER; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MERCURY; RADON; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 43849108454     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.12.023     Document Type: Article

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