Speciation, distribution, and transport of mercury in contaminated soils from Descoberto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1056-1063

  Durão Júnior, Walter Alves ^a   Palmieri, Helena Eugênia Leonhardt ^b   Trindade, Mauro Campos ^c   De Aquino Branco, Otávio Eurico ^b   Filho, Carlos Alberto Carvalho ^b   Fleming, Peter Marschall ^b   Da Silva, José Bento Borba ^a   Windmöller, Cláudia Carvalhinho ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Nuclear Technology Development Center   (Brazil)

^c Fundaão Estadual Do Meio Ambiente FEAM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MERCURY; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC MATTER; RAIN; SILVER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESORPTION; FRACTIONATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MINING; OCEAN CURRENT; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TANK; TECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BRAZIL; MERCURY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 67651034615     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b813997k     Document Type: Article

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