Behavior of mercury in the Valdeazogues riverbank soil and transfer to Nerium oleander L.

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 123, Issue , 2012, Pages 136-142

  Millan R ^a   Lominchar, M A ^a   Lopez Tejedor I ^a   Rodriguez Alonso J ^a   Schmid, T ^a   Sierra, M J ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Mercury; Nerium oleander; Riverbanks; Sequential Extraction Procedure; Soil

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PARTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; GLOBAL POLLUTANTS; HARMFUL EFFECTS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LIVING ORGANISMS; MINING ACTIVITIES; MINING DISTRICT; NATURAL MERCURY; NERIUM OLEANDER; OXYHYDROXIDES; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; REMOBILIZATION; RIVERBANKS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; SOIL FRACTIONS; WATER COURSE;

HEAVY METALS; MANGANESE; PLANTS (BOTANY); POSITIVE IONS; SOILS;

MERCURY (METAL);

ANGIOSPERM; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; REMOBILIZATION; RIVER BANK; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ALMADEN; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; CIUDAD REAL [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; SPAIN; VALDEAZOGUES RIVER;

NERIUM OLEANDER;

EID: 84869888123     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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