The distribution of mercury around the small-scale gold mining area along the Cikaniki river, Bogor, Indonesia

Environmental Research

Volumn 125, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-19

  Tomiyasu, Takashi ^a   Kono, Yuriko ^a   Kodamatani, Hitoshi ^a   Hidayati, Nuril ^b   Rahajoe, Joeni Setijo ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

CVAAS; Mercury pollution; Mineralogical analysis; Soil; TOC

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MERCURY;

FOREST SOIL; GOLD MINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; RIVER FLOW; RIVER WATER; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURFACE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VERTICAL PROFILE; VILLAGE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; FOREST SOIL; INDONESIA; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

CVAAS; MERCURY POLLUTION; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; SOIL; TOC;

ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GOLD; INDONESIA; MERCURY; MINING; RIVERS; SOIL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

BOGOR; INDONESIA; WEST JAVA;

EID: 84881543577     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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