Long-term records of atmospheric deposition of mercury in peat cores from Arctic, and comparison with bogs

• Main Author: Givelet, Nicolas
• Other Authors: Institute of Geological Sciences Bern, Universität Bern / University of Bern (UNIBE), Universität Bern, Shotyk William([e-mail])
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2004
• Subjects: mercury; atmospheric deposition; record; core; peat; arctic; mercure; retombée atmosphérique; enregistrement; Holocène; carotte; tourbe; arctique; [SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry; Arctic; Bathurst Island; Canada; Faroe Islands; Greenland; Nunavut; Arctique*
• Online Access: https://theses.hal.science/tel-00009797; https://theses.hal.science/tel-00009797/document; https://theses.hal.science/tel-00009797/file/tel-00009797.pdf

Because of the strong tendency of mercury (Hg) to bioaccumulate in the food chain, one of the greatest challenges faced by environmental mercury research in the Arctic is to quantify the relative contribution of anthropogenic sources of mercury to the contamination of this environment, as anthropoge...