Tracing mercury contamination sources in sediments using mercury isotope compositions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3363-3368

  Feng, Xinbin ^a   Foucher, Delphine ^b   Hintelmann, Holger ^a   Yan, Haiyu ^a   He, Tianrong ^a   Qiu, Guangle ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BINARY MIXING; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; GUIZHOU; GUIZHOU , CHINA; HG MINES; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE DATA; ISOTOPE RATIO; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; RESERVOIR SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT CORE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SAMPLE;

CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL PLANTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MINING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; MERCURY SULFIDE; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RESERVOIR; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT CORE; SOIL EROSION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL EROSION;

CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; MERCURY; MERCURY ISOTOPES; METALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BAIHUA RESERVOIR; CHINA; GUIZHOU; HONGFENG RESERVOIR;

EID: 77951771175     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9039488     Document Type: Article

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