Vertical transport of anthropogenic mercury in the ocean

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Strode, Sarah ^a,b   Jaeglé, Lyatt ^a   Emerson, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC MERCURY; DIFFUSION MODEL; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG FLUX; MARINE PARTICLES; MODEL RESULTS; ORGANIC PARTICLES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; REMINERALIZATION; SORPTION EQUILIBRIA; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS; WATER TRANSPORT;

EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SORPTION;

MERCURY (METAL);

ACCUMULATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC SINK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIFFUSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMINERALIZATION; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SORPTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE WATER; VERTICAL MIXING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 78649499199     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GB003728     Document Type: Article

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