Mercury speciation and spatial distribution in surface waters of the Yarlung Zangbo River, Tibet

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2697-2703

  Zheng, Wei ^a,b   Kang, Shi Chang ^a,c   Feng, Xin Bin ^d   Zhang, Qiang Gong ^a   Li, Chao Liu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

mercury; spatial distribution; speciation; Tibet; Yarlung Zangbo River

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955813536     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4001-y     Document Type: Article

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