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Sedimentary mercury stable isotope records of atmospheric and riverine pollution from two major European heavy metal refineries
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In this article, the authors investigated sediment total mercury (Hg) concentrations and Hg stable isotopic compositions in the vicinity of two former non-ferrous metal (zinc) refineries in Lommel (Kempen, Belgium) and Viviez (Aveyron, France).About:
This article is published in Chemical Geology.The article was published on 2010-12-13. It has received 135 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Isotope fractionation.read more
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A review of global environmental mercury processes in response to human and natural perturbations: Changes of emissions, climate, and land use
TL;DR: Estimates of gaseous Hg0 emissions to the atmosphere over land, long considered a critical Hg source, have been revised downward, and most terrestrial environments now are considered net sinks of atmospheric Hg due to substantial Hg uptake by plants.
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Mercury Isotopes in Earth and Environmental Sciences
TL;DR: The largest negative MIF of Hg isotopes (odd-mass deficit) is caused by photochemical reduction of inorganic Hg and has been observed in Arctic snow and plant foliage.
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Stable mercury isotope variation in rice plants (Oryza sativa L.) from the Wanshan mercury mining district, SW China.
Runsheng Yin,Xinbin Feng,Bo Meng +2 more
TL;DR: The study demonstrated that Hg isotopes may represent an important contribution both to the study of HG transportation in plants and to the understanding of sources of Hg contamination to critical food crops.
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A global model of mass independent mercury stable isotope fractionation
TL;DR: In this paper, a synthesis of all terrestrial Hg MIF observations is presented, and these are integrated in a one-dimensional coupled continent-ocean-atmosphere model of the global Hg cycle.
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Mercury isotope compositions across North American forests
TL;DR: In this article, stable isotope compositions of Hg in foliage, litter, and mineral soil horizons across 10 forest sites in the contiguous United States were systematically characterized, showing that the mass independent isotope signatures in all forest depth profiles are more consistent with those of atmospheric Hg(0) than those of atmosphere Hg (II), indicating that atmospheric hg(II) is the larger source of hg to forest ecosystems.
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Effects of Environmental Methylmercury on the Health of Wild Birds, Mammals, and Fish
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