Spatial trends and historical deposition of mercury in eastern and northern Canada inferred from lake sediment cores

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4802-4809

  Muir, D C G ^a   Wang, X ^a   Yang, F ^a   Nguyen, N ^a   Jackson, T A ^a   Evans, M S ^a   Douglas, M ^b   Kock G ^c   Lamoureux, S ^d   Pienitz, R ^e   Smol, J P ^d   Vincent, W F ^e   Dastoor, A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OXIDATION; DEPOSITIONAL FLUXES; EMISSION SOURCES; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; HG FLUX; LAKE SEDIMENTS; MERCURY EMISSIONS; MIDLATITUDE; MIDLATITUDES; NORTHERN CANADA; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SPATIAL TRENDS;

LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

DEPOSITION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ALTITUDE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; GEOGRAPHY; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LAKE; LAKE SEDIMENT; LATITUDE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TIME;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 67649967189     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8035412     Document Type: Article

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