Sulfide and iron control on mercury speciation in anoxic estuarine sediment slurries

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 214-220

  Han, Seunghee ^a   Obraztsova, Anna ^a,b   Pretto, Patrizia ^c   Deheyn, Dimitri D ^a   Gieskes, Joris ^a   Tebo, Bradley M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Italy, Venice Lagoon; Mercury; Methyl mercury; Sediments; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ELECTRON; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; IRON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REDUCTION; SLURRY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE; SULFIDE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 53649108508     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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