Mercury isotope fractionation in waters and sediments of the Murray Brook mine watershed (New Brunswick, Canada): Tracing mercury contamination and transformation

Chemical Geology

Volumn 336, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-95

  Foucher, Delphine ^a   Hintelmann, Holger ^a   Al, Tom A ^b   MacQuarrie, Kerry T ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Isotope fractionation; Mercury; Multi collector ICP MS; Murray Brook mine; Sediment; Water

Indexed keywords

BED SEDIMENTS; COMBINED EFFECT; CONTAMINATED GROUND; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; FRACTIONATION FACTORS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; ISOTOPIC SHIFT; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LEACHATES; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; MERCURY CONTENT; MERCURY LOSS; MINE TAILINGS; MINING ACTIVITIES; MINING RESIDUES; MULTI-COLLECTOR; NATURAL TRANSFORMATIONS; RAYLEIGH MODELS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SOLID PHASIS; SURFACE FLOW; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER SAMPLES;

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TAILINGS; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

MERCURY (METAL);

ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SURFACE WATER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN; WATERSHED;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

EID: 84871918717     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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