Mercury in the environment : a compilation of papers on the abundance, distribution, and testing of mercury in rocks, soils, waters, plants, and the atmosphere.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Geological Survey (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

Geological Survey professional paper ; 713.

Geological Survey professional paper ; 713

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mercury.

mercury.

Medical Subjects:

Mercury.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 67 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Distribution:

Washington : United States Government Printing Office

Place of Publication:

Washington : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1970.

Summary:

On the literature on the inorganic geochemistry of mercury / by Michael Fleischer -- Mercury content of rocks, soils, and stream sediments / by A.P. Pierre, J.M. Botbol, and R.E. Learned -- Mercury in sedimentary rocks of the Colorado Plateau region / by R.A. Cadigan -- Chemical behavior of mercury in aqueous media / by John D. Hem -- Mercury contents of natural thermal and mineral fluids / by D.E. White, M.E. Hinkle, and Ivan Barnes -- Sources and behavior of mercury in surface waters / R.L. Wershaw -- Biological factors in the chemistry of mercury / by Phillip E. Greeson -- Mercury content of plants / by Hansford T. Shacklette -- Mercury in the atmosphere / by J.H. McCarthy, and others -- Atmospheric and fluvial transport of mercury / by E.A. Jenne -- Analytical methods for the determination of mercury in rocks and soils / by F.N. Ward.

Contents:

Summary on the literature on the inorganic geochemistry of mercury / by Michael Fleischer

Mercury content of rocks, soils, and stream sediments / by A.P. Pierre, J.M. Botbol, and R.E. Learned

Mercury in sedimentary rocks of the Colorado Plateau region / by R.A. Cadigan

Chemical behavior of mercury in aqueous media / by John D. Hem

Mercury contents of natural thermal and mineral fluids / by D.E. White, M.E. Hinkle, and Ivan Barnes

Sources and behavior of mercury in surface waters / R.L. Wershaw

Biological factors in the chemistry of mercury / by Phillip E. Greeson

Mercury content of plants / by Hansford T. Shacklette

Mercury in the atmosphere / by J.H. McCarthy, and others

Atmospheric and fluvial transport of mercury / by E.A. Jenne

Analytical methods for the determination of mercury in rocks and soils / by F.N. Ward.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed September 30, 2014).

Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/).

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Fleischer, Michael, 1908-. Mercury in the environment

OCLC:

896809979