Importance of elemental mercury in lake sediments

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1098-1103

  Bouffard, Ariane ^a   Amyot, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Bioavailability; DGM; Redox chemistry; Reduction

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION EXPERIMENTS; BIOAVAILABILITY; DGM; ELEMENTAL MERCURIES; GRAIN SIZES; LAKE SEDIMENTS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENTS; OVERLYING WATERS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PORE WATERS; REDOX CHEMISTRY; REDUCTION; SORPTIVE CAPACITIES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; THERMODESORPTION; TOTAL MERCURIES; WET WEIGHTS;

ADSORPTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; GAS ADSORPTION; LAKES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION; THERMAL DESORPTION; WATER CONTENT;

MERCURY (METAL);

LAKE WATER; MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER;

ADSORPTION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; LAKE SEDIMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MERCURY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 59249099232     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.10.045     Document Type: Article

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