Mercury contamination of soil as the result of long-term phosphate fertilizer production

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-308

  Mirlean, Nicolai ^a   Baisch, Paulo ^a   Machado, Isabel ^a   Shumilin, Evgueni ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fertilizer production; Mercury; Soil contamination; Sulfuric acid

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDIES; FERTILIZER PRODUCTION; FINE FRACTIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS; MERCURY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; RIO GRANDE; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SULFURIC ACID; SURFACE SOILING;

AIR POLLUTION; FERTILIZERS; MERCURY (METAL); PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS;

MERCURY; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER; SULFURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; PHOSPHATES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49349113290     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9480-z     Document Type: Article

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