Articles | Volume 11, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5259-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5259-2014
Research article
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30 Sep 2014
Research article |  | 30 Sep 2014

X-ray fluorescence mapping of mercury on suspended mineral particles and diatoms in a contaminated freshwater system

B. Gu, B. Mishra, C. Miller, W. Wang, B. Lai, S. C. Brooks, K. M. Kemner, and L. Liang

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