Mercury transport in a low-arctic river in Kobbefjord, West Greenland (64° N)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4333-4342

  Søndergaard, Jens ^a   Rigét, Frank ^a   Tamstorf, Mikkel P ^a   Larsen, Martin M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Greenland; Hg; Low Arctic; Mercury; River transport; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

BASIN AREA; GREENLAND; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LOW-ARCTIC; MERCURY TRANSPORT; RIVER BASINS; RIVER TRANSPORTS; RIVER WATER; SNOWMELT; SUB-ARCTIC; TRANSPORT RATE; WATER DISCHARGES; WEST GREENLAND; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

MELTING; MERCURY (METAL); SNOW;

RIVERS;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CERIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; GOLD; IRON; LANTHANUM; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NEODYMIUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SILVER; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; THORIUM; TIN; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RIVER FLOW; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SNOWMELT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; WET DEPOSITION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTIONATION; GLACIER; GREENLAND; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MELTING POINT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; RIVER; SPRING; SUMMER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; KOBBEFJORD; NUUK;

EID: 84865473505     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1198-1     Document Type: Article

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