A 14 500 year record of the accumulation of atmospheric mercury in peat: Volcanic signals, anthropogenic influences and a correlation to bromine accumulation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 435-451

  Roos Barraclough, F ^a   Martinez Cortizas, A ^b   García Rodeja, Eduardo ^b   Shotyk, W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Bromine; Climate; Mercury; Peat bogs; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HOLOCENE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PEAT; VOLCANISM;

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EID: 0037106959     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00805-1     Document Type: Article

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