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ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
卷 36, 期 10, 页码 1599-1609出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00091-2
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mercury; paleolimnology; atmospheric deposition; sediment; watershed
Lakes across the Northern Hemisphere have experienced enhanced atmospheric deposition of anthropogenically derived Hg for over 100 years. In the present study, we quantified Hg fluxes to the sediments of ten small drainage lakes across Vermont and New Hampshire. USA. for the period similar to 1800 to present, Dates were established by 2 Pb-210. Total Hg (HgT) fluxes to sediments ranged from 5 to 17 mug m(-2) yr(-1) during pre-industrial times, and from 21 to 83 mug m(-2) yr(-1) presently. Present-day HgT fluxes are between 2.1 to 6.9 times greater than pre-1850 fluxes. Current-day direct atmospheric Hg deposition to the study region was estimated at 21 mug m(-2) yr(-1). which agrees well with measured HgT deposition, when re-evasion of Hg is accounted for. Our data suggest that Hg fluxes to lake sediments have declined in recent decades. owing to reductions in atmospheric Hg deposition to the lake surface. Watershed export of atmospherically deposited Hg remains elevated relative to present-day deposition rates, which contributes to the impression that Hg retention by watershed soils has declined. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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