Migration of mercury at different stages of the existence of the Nizhne-Koshelevskoe Novoe thermal field (Kamchatka)

Abstract

This article presents data on the behaviour of mercury in near-surface layers of the Nizhne-Koshelevskoe thermal field that appeared in 2008 and existed until 2016. The observation of the new heated area revealed two periods of the field existence. Monitoring of mercury concentrations in the soil-pyroclastic strata on the surface of the field elucidated the characteristics of mercury accumulation and migration at different stages of the existence of thermal fields.