The odds and evens of mercury isotopes: Applications of mass-dependent and mass-independent isotope fractionation

Elements

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 353-357

  Bergquist, Bridget A ^a   Blum, Joel D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Mass independent fractionation; Mercury; Mercury isotopes; Methylmercury; Photochemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REDOX REACTIONS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL CYCLING; HG STABLE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; MASS-INDEPENDENT FRACTIONATION; METHYL MERCURY; PHOTOCHEMICAL REDUCTION; PRIORITY POLLUTANTS; REDOX TRANSFORMATIONS;

ISOTOPES;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REDOX POTENTIAL; REDUCTION; TOXIN;

EID: 76249108642     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.5.6.353     Document Type: Article

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