Bioindication of volcanic mercury (Hg) deposition around Mt. Etna (Sicily)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 310-311, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-22

  Martin, R S ^a   Witt, M L I ^b   Sawyer, G M ^a   Thomas, H E ^c   Watt, S F L ^d   Bagnato, E ^e   Calabrese, S ^e   Aiuppa, A ^e   Delmelle, P ^f   Pyle, D M ^b   Mather, T A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Emission; Etna; Mercury; Volcano

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOINDICATION; BIOINDICATOR; CASTANEA SATIVA; ERUPTIVE ACTIVITY; ETNA; GROWING SEASON; LEAF AGE; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MT. ETNA; NATURAL SOURCES; SOIL PH; TOTAL MERCURIES; VOLCANIC PLUME;

GROUNDWATER; MERCURY (METAL); NEUTRON EMISSION; VOLCANOES;

SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWING SEASON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PH; SOIL CARBON; VOLCANIC CLOUD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

CASTANEA SATIVA;

EID: 84859918123     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.03.022     Document Type: Article

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