Fractionation, distribution and transport of mercury in rivers and tributaries around Wanshan Hg mining district, Guizhou province, southwestern China: Part 1 - Total mercury

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 633-641

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

^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

CONTAMINATED AREAS; DOWNSTREAM AREAS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FRESH WATER; GUIZHOU , CHINA; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG MINING; HIGH FLOW; LOCAL POPULATIONS; LOW FLOW; MINE WASTES; NORMAL FLOW; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL SURVEYS; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOTAL MERCURIES; WATER SAMPLES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; LEACHING; MERCURY (METAL); MINING; RIVERS; SURVEYS; WASTES; WATER;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRACTIONATION; LEACHING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINE WASTE; MINING; RESIDUAL FLOW; RIVER WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRIBUTARY;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; WANSHAN;

EID: 77950918169     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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