Occurrence and Mobility of Mercury in Groundwater

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• Chapter 5Occurrence and Mobility of Mercury in Groundwater
  • 1. Introduction
    • 1.1. Forms, toxicity, and health effects
    • 1.2. Standards for mercury in water, and other regulations
    • 1.3. Previous studies of mercury in the environment
  • 2. Sources and fluxes of mercury
    • 2.1. Mercury in natural materials
    • 2.2. Mercury in atmospheric deposition and its effects
    • 2.3. Effects of mercury from manufacturing and agriculture on soils, surface water and groundwater
    • 2.4. Effects of human activities on naturally occurring mercury
  • 3. Biogeochemistry of mercury: Field and experimental studies in soil and surface-water environments
    • 3.1. Impact of mercury reactivity on transport
    • 3.2. Oxidation-reduction and sorption reactions
    • 3.3. Organic and inorganic complexation
    • 3.4. Microbial transformations
    • 3.5. Colloids and particles
  • 4. Background concentrations of THg in groundwater and groundwater/surface-water interactions
  • 5. Biogeochemical processes and mechanisms for mobilizing mercury in groundwater — Case studies
    • 5.1. New Jersey Coastal Plain, USA
    • 5.2. Nepal
    • 5.3. Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
    • 5.4. Maine, USA
    • 5.5. Groundwater discharge to coastal areas
  • 6. Conceptual model for processes influencing mercury fate and transport in groundwater
  • 7. Conclusions
  • Author details
  • References