IMAGH Enhanced knowledge in mercury fate and transport for improved management of Hg soil contamination
Country: EU Projects
Start Date:   1/10/2011         Duration: 30 months         Project Type: RTD
Contract Number: 
Organisation Type:  EC Project
Topics: 
Contaminated land-->Contaminants-->Heavy metals
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Exposure pathways
Contaminated land-->Risk management-->Risk management overview
Contaminated land-->Risk management-->Selection of remediation options
Contaminated land-->Risk management-->Strategies
Project objectives: 
Recommendations for improved management of mercury contaminated sites are proposed to be formulated through achieving the following specific objectives: 
 
  
To compile knowledge on various forms of mercury fate and transport (chemical species and physical states) in the vadose zone and associated available physical, 
chemical and thermodynamic constants  
To improve mercury geochemical modelling to assess and predict mercury species partitioning in the different compartments (air, soil and water) of the 
vadose zone  
To compare available and currently used European approaches and practices in characterisation, risk assessment and management of mercury through both 
literature review and feedback from European practitioners  
To draw some recommendations and identify further research needs for mercury characterisation, risk assessment and management, based on enhanced understanding 
of mercury forms behaviour in the vadose zone and on available and currently used practices.
Project Summary: 
The overall aim of the project is to provide recommendations and to highlight needs to improve management of sites contaminated by mercury. Recommendations 
and needs will be established based on i) enhanced understanding of mercury forms fate, transport and modelling in the vadose zone and on ii) comparison of available 
and currently used practices in characterisation, assessment and remediation of mercury contamination.
Achieved Objectives:
Product Descriptions:
Additional Information:
Project Resources:

Enhanced knowledge in mercury fate and transport for improved management of Hg soil contamination

A reactive transport model for mercury fate in contaminated soil—sensitivity analysis.

A reactive transport model for mercury fate in soil—application to different anthropogenic pollution sources.
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Funding Programme(s): 
SNOWMAN coordinated Call
Link to Organisations:

BRGM - Geosciences pour une Terre durable (Geosciences for a sustainable Earth)
CL:AIRE (Contaminated Land: Applications in the Real Environments)
Submitted by: EUGRIS Team Professor Paul Bardos  Who does what?  29/11/2017 14:38:00