Mercury Sourcing and Sequestration in Weathering Profiles at Six Critical Zone Observatories
dc.contributor.author | Richardson, JB | |
dc.contributor.author | Aguirre, AA | |
dc.contributor.author | Buss, HL | |
dc.contributor.author | Toby O'Geen, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Gu, X | |
dc.contributor.author | Rempe, DM | |
dc.contributor.author | Richter, DDB | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-01T15:49:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-01T15:49:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-10-01 | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-08-01T15:49:11Z | |
dc.description.abstract | ©2018. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Mercury sequestration in regolith (soils + weathered bedrock) is an important ecosystem service of the critical zone. This has largely remained unexplored, due to the difficulty of sample collection and the assumption that Hg is predominantly sequestered within surface soils (here we define as 0–0.3 m). We measured Hg concentrations and inventories in weathering profiles at six Critical Zone Observatories (CZOs): Boulder Creek in the Front Range of Colorado, Calhoun in the South Carolina Piedmont, Eel River in coastal northern California, Luquillo in the tropical montane forest of Puerto Rico, Shale Hills of the valley and ridges of central Pennsylvania, and Southern Sierra in the Sierra Nevada range of California. Surface soils had higher Hg concentrations than the deepest regolith samples, except for Eel River, which had lower Hg concentrations in surface soils compared to regolith. Using Ti normalization, CZOs with <12% rock-derived Hg (Boulder Creek, Calhoun, and Southern Sierra) had Hg peaks between 1.5 and 8.0 m in depth. At CZOs with >50% rock-derived Hg, Eel River Hg concentrations and pools were greatest at >4.0 m in the weathering profile, while Luquillo and Shale Hills had peaks at the surface that diminished within 1.0 m of the surface. Hg and total organic C were only significantly correlated in regolith at Luquillo and Shale Hills CZOs, suggesting that Hg sorption to organic matter may be less dominant than clays or Fe(II) sulfides in deeper regolith. Our results demonstrate the importance of Hg sequestration in deep regolith, below typical soil sampling depths. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0886-6236 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1944-9224 | |
dc.identifier.uri | ||
dc.language | en | |
dc.publisher | American Geophysical Union (AGU) | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1029/2018GB005974 | |
dc.subject | Science & Technology | |
dc.subject | Life Sciences & Biomedicine | |
dc.subject | Physical Sciences | |
dc.subject | Environmental Sciences | |
dc.subject | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | |
dc.subject | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | |
dc.subject | Environmental Sciences & Ecology | |
dc.subject | Geology | |
dc.subject | soil | |
dc.subject | regolith | |
dc.subject | mercury cycling | |
dc.subject | excess mercury | |
dc.subject | mercury inventories | |
dc.subject | critical zone | |
dc.subject | NORTHERN NEW-ENGLAND | |
dc.subject | FOREST SOILS | |
dc.subject | LUQUILLO MOUNTAINS | |
dc.subject | CHEMICAL FORM | |
dc.subject | PUERTO-RICO | |
dc.subject | LONG-TERM | |
dc.subject | METHYLMERCURY | |
dc.subject | DEPOSITION | |
dc.subject | WATER | |
dc.subject | GEOCHEMISTRY | |
dc.title | Mercury Sourcing and Sequestration in Weathering Profiles at Six Critical Zone Observatories | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
pubs.begin-page | 1542 | |
pubs.end-page | 1555 | |
pubs.issue | 10 | |
pubs.organisational-group | Nicholas School of the Environment | |
pubs.organisational-group | Environmental Sciences and Policy | |
pubs.organisational-group | Duke | |
pubs.publication-status | Published | |
pubs.volume | 32 |
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