A preliminary study of the Hg flux from selected Ohio watersheds to Lake Erie

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3434-3441

  Fitzgibbon, T O ^a   Berry Lyons, W ^a,b   Gardner, Christopher B ^a   Carey, Anne E ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUXES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MERCURY (METAL); RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER VAPOR; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND USES; ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRIES; BOTTOM SEDIMENTS; CLEAN TECHNIQUES; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG FLUXES; HIGH FLOW CONDITIONS; LAKE ERIES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SUSPENDED SOLID CONCENTRATIONS;

LAKES;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAND USE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PARTICULATE FLUX; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATERSHED;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56349117936     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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