Six centuries of changing oceanic mercury

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1251-1261

  Zhang, Yanxu ^a,b   Jaeglé, Lyatt ^a   Thompson, LuAnne ^c   Streets, David G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Anthropogenic perturbation; Atmosphere; Lake sediment; Mercury; Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GLOBAL OCEAN; HEALTH IMPACT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84916936755     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB004939     Document Type: Article

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