Mercury distribution in tropical soil profiles related to origin of mercury and soil processes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 401, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 121-129

  Grimaldi, Catherine ^a,b   Grimaldi, Michel ^c   Guedron, Stephane ^d  

^a UMR SAS   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

French Guiana; Hg atmospheric; Hg lithogenic; Oxisol; Soil Hg burdens; Ultisol

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; EROSION; MASS TRANSFER; RAIN; SOILS; WEATHERING;

FRENCH GUIANA; HG ATMOSPHERIC; HG LITHOGENIC; OXISOL; SOIL HG BURDENS; ULTISOL;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; MASS TRANSFER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXISOL; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL SOIL; ULTISOL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TREATMENT; TROPICS; WEATHERING;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; FRANCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; MINING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WEATHER;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 44749090145     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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