Hg Contamnation from New World Gold & Silver Mine Tailings
87
Miller JR, Lechler PI, Desileta M, Rowland 1, Hsu LC, Price JG (1993) Quantity and distribution of
mining related trace metals in Lohantan Reservoir, west central Nevada. Proc Int Conf Heavy Metal
in the Environment, Toronto 2:251-254
Mohlenberg F, Riisgard HU (1988) Partitioning of inorganic and organic mercury in cockles Cardium
edule (L) and C. glaucum (Bruguiere) from a chronically polluted area: influence of size and age.
Environ Pollut 55:137-148
Mora SJ, Patterson JE, Bibby DM (1993) Baseline atmospheric mercury studies at Ross Island,
Antartica. Antarct Sci 5:323-326
Mudroch A, Clair TA (1986) Transport of arsenic and mercury from gold mining activities through an
aquatic system. Sci Total Environ 57:205-216
Nadkarni NH (1984) Epiphyte biomass and nutrient capita of a neotropical elfin forest. Biotropica
16:249-256
Nelson H, Larsen BR, Jenne EA, Sorg DH (1977) Mercury dispersal from lode sources in the
Kuskokwim River drainage, Alaska. Science 198:820-824
Nriagu JO (1994) Mercury pollution from past mining of silver and gold in the Americas. Sci Total
Environ 149:167-181
Nriagu JO, Pfeiffer WC, Maim 0, Souza CMM, Mierle G (1992) Mercury pollution in Brazil. Nature
356:389
Pfeiffer WC, Lacerda LD (1988) Mercury inputs into the Amazon Region, Brazil. Environ Technol Lett
9:325-330
Prokopovich NP (1984) Occurrence of mercury in dredge tailings near Falosm South Canal, California.
Bull Assoc Eng Geol 21:531-543
Ramos JEF, Costa MQ (1990) Distribuis;iio de mercurio em dois garimpos do Estado do Pani. In:
Hacon S, Lacerda LD, Pfeiffer WC, Carvalho D (eds) Riscos e consequncias do uso do mercurio.
UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, pp 70-79
Rasmussen PE (1994) Current methods of estimating atmospheric mercury fluxes in remote areas.
Environ Sci Technol 28:2233-2241
Schroeder WH, Lindqvist 0, Munthe 1, Xiao Z (1992) Volatilization of mercury from lake surfaces. Sci
Total Environ 125:47-66
Siegel SM (1973) Metal ions in biological systems. Marcel Dekker, New York
Siegel SM, Puerer N, Speitel T (1974) Release of volatile mercury from vascular plants. Physiol Plant.
34:174-182
Siegel SM, Siegel B, Lipp P, Kruckberg A, Towers GHN, Warren H (1985) Indicator plant-soil mercury
patterns in a mercury-rich mining area of British Columbia. Water Air Soil Pollut 25:73-79
Siegel SM, Siegel BZ, Barghigiani C, Aratani K, Penny P, Penny D (1987) A contribution of the
environmental biology of mercury accumulation in plants. Water Air Soil Pollut 33:65-72
Tayrayev TT (1991) Man-made dispersion train of gold and mercury in GoIet-Taiga terrain. DokI Akad
Nauk SSR 317:719-722
Thornton I, Cleary D, Worthington S (1992) Mercury contamination in the Brazilian Amazon. A
cooperative research study conducted by GEDEBAM. Brazil e Sol 3 (Switzerland and Luxembourg),
45P
Tiimpling WV, Wilken RD, Einax J (1993) Pathways and contaminations of mercury in the Pantanal
area, Brazil. In: Abriio 11, Wasserman JC, Silva-Filho EV (eds) Proc Int Symp Perspectives for
Environmental Geochemistry in Tropical Countries, pp 403-406
Tiimpling WV, Wilken RD, Einax J (1995) Mercury contamination in the northern Pantanal region,
Mato Grosso, Brazil. J Geochem Explor 52:127-134
Vandal GM, Fitzgerald WF, Boutron CF, Candelone JP (1993) Variations in mercury deposition to
Antartica over the past 34,000 years. Nature 362:621-623
Von Michaelis H (1988) Integrated biological systems for effluent treatment from mine and mill
tailings. In: Salomons W; Forstner U (eds) Chemistry and biology of solid wastes. Springer, Berlin
Heidelberg New York, pp 99-113
Yshuan YS (1994) Mercury contamination in China. In: Evaluation of the role and distribution of
mercury on ecosystems with special emphasis on tropical regions. SCOPE, Rio de Janeiro
( unpublished)
87
Miller JR, Lechler PI, Desileta M, Rowland 1, Hsu LC, Price JG (1993) Quantity and distribution of
mining related trace metals in Lohantan Reservoir, west central Nevada. Proc Int Conf Heavy Metal
in the Environment, Toronto 2:251-254
Mohlenberg F, Riisgard HU (1988) Partitioning of inorganic and organic mercury in cockles Cardium
edule (L) and C. glaucum (Bruguiere) from a chronically polluted area: influence of size and age.
Environ Pollut 55:137-148
Mora SJ, Patterson JE, Bibby DM (1993) Baseline atmospheric mercury studies at Ross Island,
Antartica. Antarct Sci 5:323-326
Mudroch A, Clair TA (1986) Transport of arsenic and mercury from gold mining activities through an
aquatic system. Sci Total Environ 57:205-216
Nadkarni NH (1984) Epiphyte biomass and nutrient capita of a neotropical elfin forest. Biotropica
16:249-256
Nelson H, Larsen BR, Jenne EA, Sorg DH (1977) Mercury dispersal from lode sources in the
Kuskokwim River drainage, Alaska. Science 198:820-824
Nriagu JO (1994) Mercury pollution from past mining of silver and gold in the Americas. Sci Total
Environ 149:167-181
Nriagu JO, Pfeiffer WC, Maim 0, Souza CMM, Mierle G (1992) Mercury pollution in Brazil. Nature
356:389
Pfeiffer WC, Lacerda LD (1988) Mercury inputs into the Amazon Region, Brazil. Environ Technol Lett
9:325-330
Prokopovich NP (1984) Occurrence of mercury in dredge tailings near Falosm South Canal, California.
Bull Assoc Eng Geol 21:531-543
Ramos JEF, Costa MQ (1990) Distribuis;iio de mercurio em dois garimpos do Estado do Pani. In:
Hacon S, Lacerda LD, Pfeiffer WC, Carvalho D (eds) Riscos e consequncias do uso do mercurio.
UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, pp 70-79
Rasmussen PE (1994) Current methods of estimating atmospheric mercury fluxes in remote areas.
Environ Sci Technol 28:2233-2241
Schroeder WH, Lindqvist 0, Munthe 1, Xiao Z (1992) Volatilization of mercury from lake surfaces. Sci
Total Environ 125:47-66
Siegel SM (1973) Metal ions in biological systems. Marcel Dekker, New York
Siegel SM, Puerer N, Speitel T (1974) Release of volatile mercury from vascular plants. Physiol Plant.
34:174-182
Siegel SM, Siegel B, Lipp P, Kruckberg A, Towers GHN, Warren H (1985) Indicator plant-soil mercury
patterns in a mercury-rich mining area of British Columbia. Water Air Soil Pollut 25:73-79
Siegel SM, Siegel BZ, Barghigiani C, Aratani K, Penny P, Penny D (1987) A contribution of the
environmental biology of mercury accumulation in plants. Water Air Soil Pollut 33:65-72
Tayrayev TT (1991) Man-made dispersion train of gold and mercury in GoIet-Taiga terrain. DokI Akad
Nauk SSR 317:719-722
Thornton I, Cleary D, Worthington S (1992) Mercury contamination in the Brazilian Amazon. A
cooperative research study conducted by GEDEBAM. Brazil e Sol 3 (Switzerland and Luxembourg),
45P
Tiimpling WV, Wilken RD, Einax J (1993) Pathways and contaminations of mercury in the Pantanal
area, Brazil. In: Abriio 11, Wasserman JC, Silva-Filho EV (eds) Proc Int Symp Perspectives for
Environmental Geochemistry in Tropical Countries, pp 403-406
Tiimpling WV, Wilken RD, Einax J (1995) Mercury contamination in the northern Pantanal region,
Mato Grosso, Brazil. J Geochem Explor 52:127-134
Vandal GM, Fitzgerald WF, Boutron CF, Candelone JP (1993) Variations in mercury deposition to
Antartica over the past 34,000 years. Nature 362:621-623
Von Michaelis H (1988) Integrated biological systems for effluent treatment from mine and mill
tailings. In: Salomons W; Forstner U (eds) Chemistry and biology of solid wastes. Springer, Berlin
Heidelberg New York, pp 99-113
Yshuan YS (1994) Mercury contamination in China. In: Evaluation of the role and distribution of
mercury on ecosystems with special emphasis on tropical regions. SCOPE, Rio de Janeiro
( unpublished)