Mercury contamination in the riparian zones along the East Fork Poplar Creek at Oak Ridge

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 467-472

  Pant, P ^a   Allen, M ^a   Tansel, B ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Methyl mercury; Soil mercury contamination; Total mercury; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON;

METHYLMERCURY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOIL POLLUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; PLUME DISPERSION; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; RIVERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TENNESSEE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79951960131     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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