NDLI: Mercury Content of Illinois Soils

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Author	Dreher, G. B. Follmer, L. R.
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	For a survey of Illinois soils, 101 cores had been collected and analyzed to determine the current and background elemental compositions of Illinois soils. Mercury and other elements were determined in six samples per core, including a surface sample from each core. The mean mercury content in the surface samples was 33 ± 20 μg/kg soil, and the background content was 20 ± 9 μg/kg. The most probable sources of mercury in these soils were the parent material, and wet and dry deposition of Hg$^{0}$ and Hg$^{2+}$ derived from coal-burning power plants, other industrial plants, and medical and municipal waste incinerators. Mercury-bearing sewage sludge or other fertilizers applied to agricultural fields could have been the local sources of mercury. Although the mercury content correlated with organic carbon content or clay content in individual cores, when all the data were considered, there was no strong correlation between mercury and either the organic carbon or the clay-size content.
Starting Page	299
Ending Page	315
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00496979
Journal	Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
Volume Number	156
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15732932
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2004-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Hydrogeology Environment Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecological Modeling Environmental Chemistry Pollution Environmental Engineering Water Science and Technology

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