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1999 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

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

verfasst von : P. J. Lechler

Erschienen in: Mercury Contaminated Sites

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Enthalten 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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