An isotopic record of mercury in San Francisco Bay sediment

Chemical Geology

Volumn 349-350, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-98

  Donovan, Patrick M ^a   Blum, Joel D ^a   Yee, Donald ^b   Gehrke, Gretchen E ^a,e   Singer, Michael B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Gold mining; Hg mining; Marine sediment core; Mercury stable isotopes; San Francisco Bay; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GOLD; GOLD MINES; ISOTOPES; LOCATION; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

GOLD MINING; HG MINING; MARINE SEDIMENTS; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; STABLE ISOTOPES;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84962094574     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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