Accumulation rates and predominant atmospheric sources of natural and anthropogenic Hg and Pb on the Faroe Islands

• Main Authors: Van Der Knaap, Pim, Heinemeier, J., Lohse, C., Norton, S.A., Givelet, N., Cheburkin, A.K., Roos-Barraclough, F., Le Roux, G., Weiss, D., Shotyk, W., Goodsite, M.E., Knudsen, K.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science 2005
• Subjects: 580 Plants Botany; Faroe Islands; Canada; Greenland; Monolith
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7892/boris.73965; http://boris.unibe.ch/73965/

A monolith representing 5420 14C yr of peat accumulation was collected from a blanket bog at Myrarnar, Faroe Islands. The maximum Hg concentration (498 ng/g at a depth of 4.5 cm) coincides with the maximum concentration of anthropogenic Pb (111 μg/g). Age dating of recent peat accumulation using 210...