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Natural and Anthropogenic Mercury Sources and Their Impact on the Air-Surface Exchange of Mercury on Regional and Global Scales Read chapter Read first chapter

1999 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Modern Mercury Contamination from Historic Amalgamation Milling of Silver-Gold Ores in the Carson River, Nevada and Jordan Creek, Idaho: Importance of Speciation Analysis in Understanding the Source, Mobility, and Fate of Polluted Materials

Author : P. J. Lechler

Published in: Mercury Contaminated Sites

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Included in: Professional Book Archive

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Approximately a century after peak mining and milling activities at two historic mining camps in the western United States, Hg pollution persists in the Carson River, Nevada, and Jordan Creek, Idaho. Active channel sediments in these streams are still enriched in Hg at levels of 2 to 4 orders of magnitude above regional background.

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Title
Modern Mercury Contamination from Historic Amalgamation Milling of Silver-Gold Ores in the Carson River, Nevada and Jordan Creek, Idaho: Importance of Speciation Analysis in Understanding the Source, Mobility, and Fate of Polluted Materials
Author
P. J. Lechler
Copyright Year
1999
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
Mercury Contaminated Sites

Print ISBN: 978-3-642-08354-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-662-03754-6

Copyright Year: 1999

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03754-6_18