A Mass balance mercury budget for a mine-dominated lake: Clear Lake, California

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 196, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 51-73

  Suchanek, Thomas H ^a,b   Cooke, Janis ^c   Keller, Kaylene ^a,d   Jorgensen, Salvador ^a,e   Richerson, Peter J ^a   Eagles Smith, Collin A ^a,b   Harner, E James ^f   Adam, David P ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board   (United States)

^d Northwestern Hawaiian Islands   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g West Virginia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Budget; Clear Lake; Mass balance; Mercury; Mercury loading; Mining; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BUDGET; CLEAR LAKE; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY; MERCURY LOADING;

ACIDS; BUDGET CONTROL; DRAINAGE; FLOOD CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; LEAD; LOADING; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY MINES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MINES; MINING; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CALCIUM; LAKE POLLUTION; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUPERFUND; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

CALIFORNIA; CLEAR LAKE [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149473092     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9757-1     Document Type: Article

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