Mercury pollution in Wuchuan mercury mining area, Guizhou, Southwestern China: The impacts from large scale and artisanal mercury mining

	Mercury pollution in Wuchuan mercury mining area, Guizhou, Southwestern China: The impacts from large scale and artisanal mercury mining
	Ping Li; Xinbin Feng; Guangle Qiu; Lihai Shang; Shaofeng Wang
通讯作者	Xinbin Feng
	2012
发表期刊	Environment International
卷号	42 期号:SI 页码:59-66
摘要	To evaluate the environmental impacts from large scale mercury mining (LSMM) and artisanal mercury mining (AMM), total mercury (THg) and methyl mercury (MeHg) were determined in mine waste, ambient air, stream water and soil samples collected from Wuchuan mercury (Hg) mining area, Guizhou, Southwestern China. Mine wastes from both LSMM and AMM contained high THg concentrations, which are important Hg contamination sources to the local environment. Total gaseous mercury (TGM) concentrations in the ambient air near AMM furnaces were highly elevated, which indicated that AMM retorting is a major source of Hg emission. THg concentrations in the stream water varied from 43 to 2100 ng/L, where the elevated values were mainly found in the vicinity of AMM and mine waste heaps of LSMM. Surface soils were seriously contaminated with Hg, and land using types and organic matter played an important role in accumulation and transportation of Hg in soil. The results indicated heavy Hg contaminations in the study area, which were resulted from both LSMM and AMM. The areas impacted by LSMM were concentrated in the historical mining and smelting facilities, while Hg pollution resulted from AMM can be distributed anywhere in the Hg mining area.
关键词	Total Mercury Methyl Mercury Large Scale Mercury Mining Artisanal Mercury Mining Wuchuan Mercury Mining Area
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.gyig.ac.cn/handle/352002/4853
专题	环境地球化学国家重点实验室_环境地球化学国家重点实验室_期刊论文环境地球化学国家重点实验室
通讯作者	Xinbin Feng
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ping Li,Xinbin Feng,Guangle Qiu,et al. Mercury pollution in Wuchuan mercury mining area, Guizhou, Southwestern China: The impacts from large scale and artisanal mercury mining[J]. Environment International,2012,42(SI):59-66.
APA	Ping Li,Xinbin Feng,Guangle Qiu,Lihai Shang,&Shaofeng Wang.(2012).Mercury pollution in Wuchuan mercury mining area, Guizhou, Southwestern China: The impacts from large scale and artisanal mercury mining.Environment International,42(SI),59-66.
MLA	Ping Li,et al."Mercury pollution in Wuchuan mercury mining area, Guizhou, Southwestern China: The impacts from large scale and artisanal mercury mining".Environment International 42.SI(2012):59-66.

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