Effects of Holocene climate change on mercury deposition in Elk Lake, Minnesota: The importance of eolain transport in the mercury cycle

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-190

  Cannon, W F ^a   Dean, Walter E ^b   Bullock, John H Jr ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eolian; Lake sediments; Mercury; Minnesota; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOILS;

DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; EOLIAN PROCESS; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PALEOCLIMATE; VARVE;

DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; LAKES; MERCURY; METEOROLOGY; SOIL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879886208     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0187:EOHCCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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