Sources of mercury to San Francisco Bay surface sediment as revealed by mercury stable isotopes

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 691-705

  Gehrke, Gretchen E ^a   Blum, Joel D ^a   Marvin DiPasquale, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINE WASTE; MINING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650936240     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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