Mercury sources and transformations in a man-perturbed tidal estuary: The Sinnamary Estuary, French Guiana

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 5416-5430

  Muresan, B ^a   Cossa, D ^a   Coquery, M ^b   Richard, S ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Laboratoire de recherche en environnement barrage de Petit Saut (Hydreco)   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; OXYGENATION; PARTITIONING; REDOX CONDITIONS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

FRENCH GUIANA; SINNAMARY ESTUARY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 54149118922     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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