Mercury speciation in a tropical soil association; Consequence of gold mining on Hg distribution in French Guiana

Geoderma

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 331-346

  Guedron, Stéphane ^a   Grangeon, Sylvain ^a   Lanson, Bruno ^a   Grimaldi, Michel ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

French Guiana; Gold mining; Mercury; Selective extraction; Speciation; Tropical soils; XRD

Indexed keywords

FRENCH GUIANA; GOLD MINING; MERCURY; SELECTIVE EXTRACTION; SPECIATION; TROPICAL SOILS; XRD;

ALUMINUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GOLD; GOLD MINES; HEMATITE; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; MERCURY (METAL); METAL RECOVERY; METALS; MINING; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDE MINERALS; PYROLYSIS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SULFUR; TROPICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CLAY SOIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRACTION METHOD; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; PYROLYSIS; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349952518     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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