Input of terrestrial organic matter linked to deglaciation increased mercury transport to the Svalbard fjords

Abstract Deglaciation has accelerated the transport of minerals as well as modern and ancient organic matter from land to fjord sediments in Spitsbergen, Svalbard, in the European Arctic Ocean. Consequently, such sediments may contain significant levels of total mercury (THg) bound to terrestrial or...

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Published in:Scientific Reports
Main Authors: Kim, Haryun, Kwon, Sae Yun, Lee, Kitack, Lim, Dhongil, Han, Seunghee, Kim, Tae-Wook, Joo, Young Ji, Lim, Jaesoo, Kang, Moo-Hee, Nam, Seung-Il
Other Authors: National Research Foundation of Korea, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea Research Program, Polar Academic Program
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
Subjects:
Multidisciplinary
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Dicksonfjorden
Hornsund
Svalbard
Wijdefjorden
glacier
Tidewater
Wijdefjord*
Spitsbergen
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60261-6
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60261-6.pdf
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60261-6

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