8 Mercury Biogeochemistry

Monday, 23 April 2012
3:20 PM - 5:20 PM
Room 204

MERCURY, METHYLMERCURY, AND TRACE METALS IN PEAT AND SOILS FROM THE S2 WATERSHED

Paper number: 8-3
Program: Theme Sessions
Time: 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM

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Abstract

Peat and soil cores were collected from the S2 watershed in the Marcell Experimental Forest in northeastern Minnesota to examine the distribution and mobility of trace metals, mecury, and methylmercury within the peatland and from the upland to the peatland margin. The cores were sectioned, dried and analyzed for trace metals, mercury, and methylmercury on an ICP-MS. Organic carbon content and loss on ignition characteristics were also determined.