Identification of multiple mercury sources to stream sediments near Oak Ridge, TN, USA

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3666-3674

  Donovan, Patrick M ^a   Blum, Joel D ^a   Demers, Jason D ^a   Gu, Baohua ^b   Brooks, Scott C ^b   Peryam, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Remediation DOE Oversight Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG SOURCES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MERCURIES (HG); STREAM SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

ISOTOPE; MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; MERCURY ISOTOPES; RIVERS; TENNESSEE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84897492427     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4046549     Document Type: Article

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