Mercury deposition in a tidal marsh of south San Francisco Bay downstream of the historic New Almaden mining district, California

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 175-184

  Conaway, Christopher H ^a   Watson, Elizabeth B ^b   Flanders, John R ^a   Flegal, A Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cores; Mercury; New Almaden; San Francisco Bay; Tidal marsh

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CORE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7444251781     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2004.02.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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