Diagenesis and bioavailability of mercury in the contaminated sediments of Ulhas Estuary, India

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1685-1693

  Ram, Anirudh ^a   Borole, D V ^a   Rokade, M A ^a   Zingde, M D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Diagenesis; Mercury; Sedimentation rate; Ulhas Estuary

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL-BASED; CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; DIAGENETICS; MERCURY SEDIMENTATION; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ESTUARIES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; POSITIVE IONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR;

MERCURY (METAL);

FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; IRON OXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; MERCURY; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE; FRESH WATER; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE ANALYSIS; DIAGENESIS; ESTUARY; EXTRACTION METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGENESIS; ESTUARY; INDIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER CONTAMINATION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRACTIONATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; KINETICS; MERCURY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70449711247     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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