Sedimentary mercury stable isotope records of atmospheric and riverine pollution from two major European heavy metal refineries

Chemical Geology

Volumn 279, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 90-100

  Sonke, Jeroen E ^a   Schäfer, Jörg ^b   Chmeleff, Jérôme ^a   Audry, Stéphane ^a   Blanc, Gérard ^b   Dupré, Bernard ^a  

^a Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Kempen; Lot; Mercury; MIF; Stable isotope fractionation; Zinc smelter

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITS; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METAL REFINERIES; METAL REFINING; ORES; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SILVER DEPOSITS; SLAGS; SMELTING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ZINC SULFIDE;

GEOCHEMICAL BACKGROUND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; KEMPEN; REFINING PROCESS; STABLE ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIVER POLLUTION; SPHALERITE; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZINC;

BELGIUM; FRANCE; KEMPEN; LOT; MIDI-PYRENEES;

EID: 78549274653     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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