Mercury contamination in surface sediments and sediment cores of the Mersey Estuary, UK

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 940-946

  Vane, C H ^a   Jones, D G ^a   Lister, T R ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SURFACE WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; MERSEY ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349194934     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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