Variations of mercury distribution in the water column during the course of a tidal cycle in the Yangtze Estuarine intertidal zone, China

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2224-2232

  Bi, Chun Juan ^a   Chen, Zhen Lou ^a   Shen, Jun ^a   Sun, Wei Wei ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemical behavior; Mercury; Resuspension; The Yangtze Estuary; Tidal cycle

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; COLLOIDAL MATERIALS; COMBINED EFFECT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EBB TIDES; FLOOD TIDE; GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; INTERTIDAL ZONES; MERCURY DISTRIBUTION; OVERLYING WATER; PEARSON CORRELATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; RE-SUSPENSION; RESUSPENSION PROCESS; SUSPENDED SUBSTRATES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER COLUMNS; WATER FLOW RATE; YANGTZE ESTUARY; YANGTZE ESTUARY , CHINA;

DESORPTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (METAL); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84869080606     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-012-4622-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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