Geochemical processes of mercury in Wujiangdu and Dongfeng reservoirs, Guizhou, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2970-2984

  Feng, Xinbin ^a   Jiang, Hongmei ^a,b   Qiu, Guangle ^a   Yan, Haiyu ^a   Li, Guanghui ^a   Li, Zhonggen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Mercury methylation; Methylmercury; Pore water; Reservoir; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION FLUXES; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; GUIZHOU , CHINA; MERCURY METHYLATION; MERCURY SPECIES; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PORE WATER; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RESERVOIR; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SAMPLING SITE; SEDIMENT PORE WATER; WATER COLUMNS; YANGTZE RIVER;

ALKYLATION; FLUORESCENCE; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; POREWATER; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER COLUMN; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; GEOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RESERVOIR; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 68949205567     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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