Spatial distribution and historical records of mercury sedimentation in urban lakes under urbanization impacts

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 445-446, Issue , 2013, Pages 117-125

  Li, Hong Bo ^a,b   Yu, Shen ^a   Li, Gui Lin ^a   Deng, Hong ^c   Xu, Bo ^a,b   Ding, Jing ^a,b   Gao, Jin Bo ^a,b   Hong, You Wei ^a   Wong, Ming Hung ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coal combustion; Mercury; Sediment core; Surface sediment; Urban lake; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; PARKS; SEDIMENTATION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

ANTHROPOGENICS; HG FLUX; HISTORICAL RECORDS; MERCURY; SEDIMENT CORE; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CORE; URBAN LAKE; URBANIZATION;

LAKES;

COAL; LEAD 210; MERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COAL; COMBUSTION; HISTORICAL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; LAKE SEDIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84872376652     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.041     Document Type: Article

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