Mercury concentration, speciation and budget in volcanic aquifers: Italy and Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 179, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 96-106

  Bagnato, E ^a   Aiuppa, A ^a,b   Parello, F ^a   D'Alessandro, W ^b   Allard, P ^c   Calabrese, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

mercury cycling; speciation; total and dissolved mercury; volatile budget; volcanic aquifers

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; BUDGET CONTROL; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; DISSOLUTION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MINERALS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POTABLE WATER; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; VOLCANOES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

MERCURY CYCLING; SPECIATION; TOTAL AND DISSOLVED MERCURY; VOLATILE BUDGET; VOLCANIC AQUIFERS;

MERCURY (METAL);

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); VOLCANISM; VOLCANO;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADELOUPE; ITALY; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57849105839     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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