Mercury in bottom sediments of Russian Arctic lakes

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  • Tatsiy, Yu.G. 1
  • 1 Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygin St., 19, Moscow, 119991, Russia

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https://doi.org/10.31951/2658-3518-2022-A-3-1338

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Arctic lakes, bottom sediments, mercury, sedimentation rate

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This article presents the results of studying the distribution of mercury in the cores of bottom sediments of both background and technogenic Arctic lakes in three regions: the Kola North, Malozemelskaya tundra and northwest Siberia. For all cores, the elemental composition, granulometry, and loss on ignition (LOI) were determined layer by layer. Mercury showed a significant excess of the local background in the near-surface sedimentary layers of most lakes. Fluxes of mercury from the pre-industrial period to the present were calculated. We discuss the possibility of technogenic pollution due to transboundary transfer.

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31.07.2022

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