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Mercury records covering the past 90 000 years from lakes Prespa and Ohrid, SE Europe
Alice R. Paine
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Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK
Isabel M. Fendley
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK
Joost Frieling
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK
Tamsin A. Mather
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK
Jack H. Lacey
National Environmental Isotope Facility, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
Bernd Wagner
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, Germany
Stuart A. Robinson
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK
David M. Pyle
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK
Alexander Francke
Discipline of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, 5001, Australia
Theodore R. Them II
Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424, USA
Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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Many important processes within the global mercury (Hg) cycle operate over thousands of years. Here, we explore the timing, magnitude, and expression of Hg signals retained in sediments of lakes Prespa and Ohrid over the past ∼90 000 years. Divergent signals suggest that local differences in sediment composition, lake structure, and water balance influence the local Hg cycle and determine the extent to which sedimentary Hg signals reflect local- or global-scale environmental changes.
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