Mercury-organic matter relationships in pre-pollution sediments of thermokarst lakes from the Mackenzie River Delta, Canada: The role of depositional environment

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 149-164

  Sanei, H ^a   Outridge, P M ^b   Dallimore, A ^c   Hamilton, P B ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Arctic; Mercury; Recent sediments; Rock Eval; Thermokarst lakes

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; KEROGEN; MACROPHYTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC MATTER; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT POLLUTION; THERMOKARST; TUNDRA; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARCTIC; CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 83555177636     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9543-1     Document Type: Article

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