Degradation of Hg signals on incipient weathering: Core versus outcrop geochemistry of Upper Permian shales, East Greenland and Mid-Norwegian Shelf

• Published in: Chemical Geology
• Main Authors: Park, Junhee, Stein, Holly Jayne, Georgiev, Svetoslav V., Hannah, Judith L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Greenland; Ravnefjeld; East Greenland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/100662; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121030

Mercury (Hg) enrichment and elevated ratios of Hg to total organic carbon (Hg/TOC) in sedimentary rocks have often been linked to volcanism from large igneous provinces (LIPs). Primary Hg and TOC contents of sediments can be altered by secondary processes like extreme weathering. These effects must...