Current and historic mercury deposition to New Haven Harbor (CT, USA): Implications for industrial coastal environments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4472-4479

  Clark, Heather F ^a   Benoit, Gaboury ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Connecticut; Heavy metal; Long Island Sound; Mercury; New Haven Harbor; Quinnipiac River

Indexed keywords

CONNECTICUT; LONG ISLAND SOUND; MERCURY; NEW HAVEN HARBOR; QUINNIPIAC RIVER;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILVER; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; SILVER;

COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE ANALYSIS; DEPOSITION; HARBOR; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CONNECTICUT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

CONNECTICUT; LONG ISLAND SOUND; NEW HAVEN HARBOR; NORTH AMERICA; QUINNIPIAC RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349226687     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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