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Fate of Mercury in the Arctic 80<br />

Figure 16. Samples from peat cores from Denmark and S. Greenland reproduce the bomb pulse curve well. From<br />

Goodsite et al., 2002, Appendix C.<br />

Atmospheric Hg accumulation rates in southern Greenland<br />

The dated profile can be analysed for trace elements or for paleo-ecological purposes and can<br />

be used to calculate an age-depth model to estimate peat accumulation rates. For example by using<br />

the dates determined by the bomb pulse dating method, from AD 1950 to ca. 1976, the<br />

accumulation rate was 0.68 cm yr -1 , and since ca. 1976 the rate has been 0.20 cm yr -1 .<br />

The age depth model allows the atmospheric Hg accumulation rate to be estimated as the<br />

product of the volumetric Hg concentrations, ng cm -3 , Figures 17 a and b, page 83, and the peat<br />

accumulation rate, cm yr -1 , when re-emission is not taken into account. Figure 18 a and b, page 84.<br />

Results for deeper portions of the profile, see Shotyk et al., 2003, Appendix C, show that pre-<br />

industrial Hg accumulation rate ranged from 0.3 to 3 µg m -2 yr -1 when clearly minerogenic<br />

enrichments are disregarded, such as seen at the bottom of the south Greenland profile at a depth of

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