Atmospheric mercury deposition in alpine snow, northern British Columbia and southwestern Yukon, Canada

• Main Author: Karlsson, Pia
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper 2014
• Subjects: Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap; Arctic; British Columbia; Canada; Gulf of Alaska; Kusawa Lake; Pacific; Yukon; glacier; polar desert; Subarctic; Alaska
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-232975

High mercury (Hg) levels have been measured in fish in Kusawa Lake (KL), a subalpine, partly glacier-fed lake situated in the southwestern Yukon, Canada, but it is presently unknown where this Hg comes from. One possible source may be atmospheric deposition of Hg in snow and subsequent release by me...