Mass-dependent and mass-independent variations in the isotope composition of mercury in cores from lakes polluted by a smelter: Effects of smelter emissions, natural processes, and their interactions

Chemical Geology

Volumn 352, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-46

  Jackson, Togwell A ^a   Telmer, Kevin H ^b   Muir, Derek C G ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Lake sediments; Mercury isotopes; Microbial activity; Smelter emissions

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; LAKE SEDIMENTS; MASS-INDEPENDENT FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; SMELTER EMISSIONS; STANDARD ENTHALPY OF FORMATION;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; SMELTING; TOXICITY;

LAKE POLLUTION;

BIOAVAILABILITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SMELTING;

EID: 84879516841     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.05.036     Document Type: Article

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