Distribution of Gross Mercury in the Profile of Peat Soil of West Siberia
E. A. Golovatskaya, E. E. Lyapina
Keywords: mercury, peat soil, oxidation-reduction potential, geochemical barrier, biogenic elements
Pages: 299-306
Abstract
Total mercury content in peat soils of different botanic composition was determined. A dependence of mercury content in peat on the general technical characteristics of peat soil was revealed. These characteristics include botanic composition, ash content, decomposition degree and nitrogen, carbon, humic acid content of peat. The possibility of the application of a model describing the distribution of gross mercury in the profile of peat soil of West Siberia over the content of the basic biogenic elements C, N on the basis of Mercury/Biomass concept is demonstrated.
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