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Dendrochemical assessment of mercury releases from a pond and dredged-sediment landfill impacted by a chlor-alkali plant

Maillard, François LU ; Girardclos, Olivier ; Assad, Mohamad ; Zappelini, Cyril ; Pérez Mena, Julia Maria ; Yung, Loïc ; Guyeux, Christophe ; Chrétien, Stéphane ; Bigham, Gary and Cosio, Claudia , et al. (2016) In Environmental Research 148. p.122-126
Abstract

Although current Hg emissions from industrial activities may be accurately monitored, evidence of past releases to the atmosphere must rely on one or more environmental proxies. We used Hg concentrations in tree cores collected from poplars and willows to investigate the historical changes of Hg emissions from a dredged sediment landfill and compared them to a nearby control location. Our results demonstrated the potential value of using dendrochemistry to record historical Hg emissions from past industrial activities.

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keywords
Chlor-alkali plant, Dendrochemistry, Mercury, Salicaceous species, Tree rings
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Environmental Research
volume
148
pages
5 pages
publisher
Elsevier
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  • scopus:84962320076
  • pmid:27038833
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0013-9351
DOI
10.1016/j.envres.2016.03.034
language
English
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  abstract     = {{<p>Although current Hg emissions from industrial activities may be accurately monitored, evidence of past releases to the atmosphere must rely on one or more environmental proxies. We used Hg concentrations in tree cores collected from poplars and willows to investigate the historical changes of Hg emissions from a dredged sediment landfill and compared them to a nearby control location. Our results demonstrated the potential value of using dendrochemistry to record historical Hg emissions from past industrial activities.</p>}},
  author       = {{Maillard, François and Girardclos, Olivier and Assad, Mohamad and Zappelini, Cyril and Pérez Mena, Julia Maria and Yung, Loïc and Guyeux, Christophe and Chrétien, Stéphane and Bigham, Gary and Cosio, Claudia and Chalot, Michel}},
  issn         = {{0013-9351}},
  keywords     = {{Chlor-alkali plant; Dendrochemistry; Mercury; Salicaceous species; Tree rings}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{07}},
  pages        = {{122--126}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Environmental Research}},
  title        = {{Dendrochemical assessment of mercury releases from a pond and dredged-sediment landfill impacted by a chlor-alkali plant}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2016.03.034}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.envres.2016.03.034}},
  volume       = {{148}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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