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High levels of mercury contamination in multiple media of the Carson River drainage basin of Nevada: implications for risk assessment.

Approximately 5.5 x 109 g (4.0 x 105) of mercury was discharged into the Carson River Drainage Basin of west-central Nevada during processing of the gold- and silver-rich Comstock ore in the late 1800s. For the past 13 decades, mercury has been redistributed throughout 500 km2 of the basin, and conc...

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Autores principales: Gustin, M S, Taylor, G E, Leonard, T L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1567156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9657709