Mass balance of total mercury and monomethylmercury in coastal embayments of a volcanic island: Significance of submarine groundwater discharge

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 9891-9900

  Lee, Yong Gu ^a   Rahman, Md Moklesur ^a   Kim, Guebuem ^b   Han, Seunghee ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; COASTAL EMBAYMENTS; DIFFUSION FLUXES; HIGH PERMEABILITY; JEJU ISLAND; MASS BALANCE; MASS BALANCE ESTIMATES; MASS BUDGET; MONOMETHYLMERCURY; PRIMARY SOURCES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; TOTAL MERCURIES; VOLCANIC ISLANDS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; BUDGET CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINES; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

GROUND WATER; MERCURY; MONOMETHYLMERCURY; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DIFFUSION; DISCHARGE; MARINE POLLUTION; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PERMEABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBMARINE CONSTRUCTION; VOLCANIC ISLAND; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; KOREA; SEDIMENT; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; MERCURY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BANGDU BAY; CHEJU [CHEJU (PRV/ISL)]; CHEJU [SOUTH KOREA]; HWASUN BAY; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 82355190977     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202093z     Document Type: Article

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