Natural and anthropogenic mercury distribution in marine sediments from Hudson Bay, Canada

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5805-5811

  Hare, Alexander A ^a,b   Stern, Gary A ^a,b   Kuzyk, Zou Zou A ^a,b   MacDonald, Robie W ^a,c   Johannessen, Sophia C ^c   Wang, Feiyue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC MERCURY; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HUDSON BAY; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MIXING MODELS; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE FLUXES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; SEDIMENT CORE; SUB-ARCTIC; TWO LAYERS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH AMERICA; SEDIMENT;

CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY;

EID: 77955110805     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100724y     Document Type: Article

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