Does organic matter degradation affect the reconstruction of pre-industrial atmospheric mercury deposition rates from peat cores? - A test of the hypothesis using a permafrost peat deposit in northern Canada

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-81

  Outridge, P M ^a,c   Sanei, H ^b,c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deposition; Humification; Mass loss; Mercury; Peat; Pre industrial

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY DEPOSITION; HG FLUX; HUMIFICATION; INITIAL STAGES; LAKE SEDIMENTS; MASS LOSS; MERCURY FLUXES; NORTHERN CANADA; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC PETROLOGY; PEAT ACCUMULATION; PEAT BOGS; PEAT CORES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; ROCK-EVAL;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEPOSITS; INDUSTRY; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC CARBON; PERMAFROST; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WETLANDS;

PEAT;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; HUMIFICATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC MATTER; PEAT; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST; PYROLYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 77953616103     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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