Arsenic and mercury contamination of sediments of geothermal springs, mangrove lagoon and the Santispac Bight, Bahía Concepción, Baja California peninsula

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 609-613

  Leal Acosta, María Luisa ^a   Shumilin, Evgueni ^a   Mirlean, Nicolai ^b   Sapozhnikov, Dmitry ^c   Gordeev, Vyacheslav ^d  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^c VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arsenic and mercury contents; Bah a Concepci n; Baja California Peninsula; Geothermal hot spring sediments

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND LEVEL; CALIFORNIA; GEOTHERMAL HOT SPRING SEDIMENTS; GEOTHERMAL SOURCES; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; MERCURY CONTENT;

ARSENIC; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; HOT SPRINGS; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARSENIC; MERCURY; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEXICO; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SEDIMENT; THERMAL SPRING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOT SPRINGS; MERCURY; MEXICO; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 78651240442     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-0135-5     Document Type: Article

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