Fractionation, distribution and transport of mercury in rivers and tributaries around Wanshan Hg mining district, Guizhou Province, Southwestern China，Part 2 – Methylmercury英文教材.pdfVIP

Applied Geochemistry 25 (2010) 642–649 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Applied Geochemistry journal homepage: /locate/apgeochem Fractionation, distribution and transport of mercury in rivers and tributaries around Wanshan Hg mining district, Guizhou Province, Southwestern China: Part 2 – Methylmercury Hua Zhang a,b, Xinbin Feng a,*, Thorjørn Larssen c,d, Lihai Shang a, Rolf D. Vogt d, Yan Lin d, Ping Li a, Hui Zhang a,b a State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China b Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China c Norwegian Institute for Water Research, 0169 Oslo, Norway d Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, 0315 Oslo, Norway a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Water samples were collected during normal flow (2007) and during a drought period (2008) from five Received 22 September 2009 rivers and tributaries draining the Wanshan Hg mining district, Guizhou, China. Unfiltered methylmer- Accepted 9 January 2010 cury (MeHg) as well as particulate and dissolved fractions of MeHg (P-MeHg, D-MeHg) were measured Available online 22 January 2010 to assess the spatial and temporal variation of MeHg contamination in the local river system. Most loca- tions (about 80%) displayed higher MeHg concentrations during drought period than during normal dis- Editorial handling by J.E. Gray