Selenium and trace element mobility affected by periodic displacement of stratification in the Great Salt Lake, Utah

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5263-5273

  Beisner, Kimberly ^a   Naftz, David L ^a   Johnson, William P ^b   Diaz, Ximena ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxic; Brine layer; Great Salt Lake; Hypersaline; Seiche; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC; BED SEDIMENTS; BOTTOM SEDIMENTS; CHEMOCLINE; DECADAL TIMESCALE; ELEMENT MOVEMENT; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; GREAT SALT LAKE; HIGH SALINITY; HYPERSALINE; LABORATORY SIMULATION; LABORATORY TEST; OXIC WATERS; RE-SUSPENSION; REDOX POTENTIALS; SEICHE; STRONG WINDS; SURFACE AREA; TIME-SCALE; TRACE ELEMENT MOBILITY; VERTICAL VELOCITY PROFILES; WATER COLUMNS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CHLORIDE MINERALS; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; LAKES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SELENIUM;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOTA; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; REDOX POTENTIAL; SALINITY; SEICHE; SELENIUM; SOLUBILITY; STRATIFICATION; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE SEDIMENT; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; SALINITY; SALTS; SELENIUM; SUSPENSIONS; TRACE ELEMENTS; UTAH; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

GREAT SALT LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 68049091873     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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