Mercury distributions and mercury isotope signatures in sediments of Dongjiang, the Pearl River Delta, China

Chemical Geology

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 81-89

  Liu, Jinling ^a,b   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Yin, Runsheng ^a,b   Zhu, Wei ^a,b   Li, Zhonggen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Isotope tracing; Mercury; Methylmercury; The Pearl River Delta

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND VALUE; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; EFFECTIVE TOOL; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; ISOTOPE TRACING; LARGE RIVERS; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; MERCURY DISTRIBUTION; METHYL MERCURY; PEARL RIVER DELTA; RIVER SYSTEMS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TOTAL MERCURIES; URBAN AREAS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEMS; INDUSTRY; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; URBAN POLLUTION;

CHINA; DONG RIVER; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 79960212812     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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