Fluxes of mercury to lake sediments in central and northern Canada inferred from dated sediment cores

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作者
Lockhart, WL [1 ]
Wilkinson, P [1 ]
Billeck, BN [1 ]
Danell, RA [1 ]
Hunt, RV [1 ]
Brunskill, GJ [1 ]
Delaronde, J [1 ]
St Louis, V [1 ]
机构
[1] Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N6, Canada
关键词
arctic; chronology; core; deposition; mercury; sediment;
D O I
10.1023/A:1005923123637
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Sediment cores were collected from lakes in central and northern Canada and from Hudson Bay to compare current and historic net depositions of mercury. Cores from most locations were enriched in mercury in the upper layers deposited recently relative to deeper, historic layers. The lakes with the greatest enrichments in mercury were located in central/southern Canada. This enrichment was interpreted as being of anthropogenic origin. Mercury inputs at the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) in northwestern Ontario inferred from a core profile agreed well with inputs calculated independently from precipitation and runoff data. Anthropogenic inputs of mercury to northwestern Ontario were calculated to be about 9 mu g m(-2) y(-1). Considering all the locations over the geographic range, the core profiles infer that fluxes of mercury have increased on average by about 2 fold over the past half century. This is consistent with results from other sites in North America and Europe.
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页码:163 / 173
页数:11
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