Sources of mercury in a contaminated stream-implications for the timescale of recovery

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 764-772

  Southworth, George ^a   Mathews, Teresa ^a   Greeley, Mark ^a   Peterson, Mark ^a   Brooks, Scott ^a   Ketelle, Dick ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR)   (United States)

Author keywords

Export; Inventory; Mercury; Remediation; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED SOILS; EAST FORK POPLAR CREEK; EXPORT; INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX; INVENTORY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; REMEDIAL ACTIONS;

AERODYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; MERCURY (METAL); REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

BANK EROSION; BASEFLOW; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEADWATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); REMEDIATION; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; STREAM BED; STREAMWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; METAL RECOVERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL EROSION; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; RIVERS; SOIL; TENNESSEE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EAST FORK POPLAR CREEK; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

MERCURIALIS ANNUA;

EID: 84875535906     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2115     Document Type: Article

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