Mercury fractionation in stream sediments from the Quadrilátero Ferrífero gold mining region, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 157, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 125-135

  Varejâo, Eduardo V V ^a   Bellato, Carlos R ^a   Fontes, Maurício P F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Mercury; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; FRACTIONATION METHODS; GOLD MINING; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY; MERCURY FRACTIONATION; MINAS GERAIS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SMALL SCALE; STREAM SEDIMENTS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS;

GOLD; MERCURY MINES; METALS; MINING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MERCURY (METAL);

GOLD; MERCURY;

EXTRACTION METHOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRACTIONATION; GOLD MINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PARTITIONING;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FRACTIONATION; MINING; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SEDIMENT; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS;

BRAZIL; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GOLD; MERCURY; MINING; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL; IRON QUADRANGLE; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349232939     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0522-0     Document Type: Article

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