Mercury speciation in marine sediments under sulfate-limited conditions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3752-3757

  Han, Seunghee ^a,b   Narasingarao, Priya ^a   Obraztsova, Anna ^c   Gieskes, Joris ^a   Hartmann, Aaron C ^a   Tebo, Bradley M ^d   Allen, Eric E ^a   Deheyn, Dimitri D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DRILL HOLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MERCURY SPECIATIONS; METHANE PRODUCTION; MONOMETHYLMERCURY; SEDIMENT PROFILES; SEDIMENT SLURRIES; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; SULFATE CONTENT; TOTAL MERCURIES; VENICE , ITALY; VENICE LAGOON;

ALKYLATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHANE; METHANOGENS; METHYLATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; SULFATE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE SEDIMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE;

ARTICLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; METHANOGEN; METHYLATION; MICROCOSM; SEDIMENT;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MERCURY; SEAWATER; SULFATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

EID: 77952528189     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903112m     Document Type: Article

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