Relationship between mercury and organic carbon in sediment cores from Lakes Qinghai and Chenghai, China

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1084-1092

  Wu, Fengchang ^a   Xu, Libin ^a   Liao, Haiqing ^a   Guo, Fei ^a   Zhao, Xiaoli ^a   Giesy, John P ^b,c  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History; Mercury; Rock Eval pyrolysis; Sediment; Soluble organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LATITUDE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

CHENGHAI LAKE; CHINA; QINGHAI; QINGHAI LAKE; YUNNAN;

EID: 84878017572     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-013-0694-2     Document Type: Article

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