Fractionation, distribution and transport of mercury in rivers and tributaries around Wanshan Hg mining district, Guizhou Province, Southwestern China: Part 2 - Methylmercury

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 642-649

  Zhang, Hua ^a,b   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Larssen, Thorjørn ^c,d   Shang, Lihai ^a   Vogt, Rolf D ^d   Lin, Yan ^d   Li, Ping ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE CONDITIONS; DISSOLVED FRACTION; DROUGHT PERIODS; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GUIZHOU , CHINA; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; HG MINING; METHYLMERCURY; NORMAL FLOW; RIVER SYSTEMS; SAMPLING PERIOD; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER SAMPLES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; RIVERS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DROUGHT; FLOW PATTERN; FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIVER SYSTEM; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRIBUTARY;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; WANSHAN;

EID: 77950916833     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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