New technique for quantification of elemental hg in mine wastes and its implications for mercury evasion into the atmosphere

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 412-417

  Jew, Adam D ^a   Kim, Christopher S ^b   Rytuba, James J ^c   Gustin, Mae S ^d   Brown Jr , Gordon E ^a,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DARK CONDITIONS; EXAFS SPECTROSCOPY; HG MINES; HUMAN HEALTH; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MINE SITE; MINE WASTES; MOLECULAR-LEVEL SPECIATION; POLLUTED SOILS; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SLOW COOLING; STRUCTURAL DISORDERS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ECOLOGY; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; HOT SPRINGS; LIQUIDS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTS; SILICA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; CARBONIC ACID; MERCURY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; MINE WASTE; SILICA; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); THERMAL SPRING;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MINING; TOXIC WASTE; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; MINING; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651396325     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1023527     Document Type: Article

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