Resuspension of mercury-contaminated sediments from an in-lake industrial waste deposit

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 526-534

  Owens, Emmet M ^a   Bookman, Revital ^b   Effler, Steven W ^a   Driscoll, Charles T ^c   Matthews, David A ^a   Effler, Adam J P ^a  

^a UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial wastes; Lakes; Mass transport; Mercury; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; MASS BALANCE MODEL; MASS TRANSPORT; MERCURY; NEARSHORE; PARTICULATE MERCURY; PELAGIC ZONES; RE-SUSPENSION; STEADY-STATE MODELS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME-AVERAGED; WATER COLUMNS; WIND-DRIVEN WAVES;

DEPOSITS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; LAKES; MASS TRANSFER; MERCURY (METAL); MINES; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES;

LAKE POLLUTION;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MASS TRANSPORT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WIND-WAVE INTERACTION;

FINGER LAKES; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; ONONDAGA LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650838221     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2009)135:7(526)     Document Type: Article

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