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Fate of Mercury in the Arctic 85<br />

Figure 19. Mercury in a peat profile from Myrarnar bog, Faroe Islands, Shotyk, Goodsite et al., unpublished<br />

preliminary results (manuscript in preparation). Coloured markers are used for discussion and<br />

notational purposes while manuscript is being prepared.<br />

Atmospheric Hg accumulation rates on the Faroe Islands<br />

Peat on the Faroe Islands was very decomposed and compact, already at the surface. Therefore,<br />

high-resolution dating was not possible, making the profile much more difficult to interpret and<br />

compare with the Danish and S. Greenland core. The large amount of minerogenic material made it<br />

possible however to use the lead-210 constant rate of supply model. Figure 19. page 85, shows the<br />

peak of mercury concentration to be in the 1954 layer, within reason and error, at the same time as<br />

the maximum in S. Greenland and Denmark. There are also discrete mercury enrichments in the<br />

profile that may be associated with volcanic ash fall. Figure 20., page 86, shows the mercury<br />

accumulation rate.

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