Mercury concentrations and mercury isotope composition in lake sediment cores from the vicinity of a metal smelting facility in Flin Flon, Manitoba

Chemical Geology

Volumn 336, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-102

  Ma, Jing ^a   Hintelmann, Holger ^a   Kirk, Jane L ^b   Muir, Derek C G ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flin Flon; Mercury; Mercury isotope ratios; Metal smelting; Sediment cores

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; BINARY MIXING; EFFECTIVE TOOL; FLIN FLON; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPE-RATIO MEASUREMENTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE SEDIMENTS; MANITOBA; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SINGLE SOURCE; TOTAL MERCURIES;

ISOTOPES; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTATION; SMELTING;

LAKE POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SMELTING;

CANADA; FLIN FLON; MANITOBA;

EID: 84871920321     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.10.037     Document Type: Article

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