Mercury (Hg) transport in a high arctic river in northeast Greenland

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 222, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 233-242

  Rigét, Frank ^a   Tamstorf, Mikkel P ^a   Larsen, Martin M ^a   Søndergaard, Jens ^a   Asmund, Gert ^a   Falk, Julie Maria ^b   Sigsgaard, Charlotte ^c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Greenland; Marine; Mercury; River transport

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; FILTERED WATER; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD; GLACIAL RIVERS; GREENLAND; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH ARCTIC; MARINE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC; RIVER BASINS; RIVER TRANSPORT; SEASONAL CHARACTERISTICS; WARMING CLIMATE; WATER SAMPLES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; WATER;

GLOBAL WARMING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOODING; GLACIATION; GREENLAND; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; POROSITY; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM (RIVER); TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONTENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ZACKENBERG;

EID: 80755153770     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0819-4     Document Type: Article

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