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USGS Science Activities on mercury in the environment
USGS Science Activities/Mercury related to mining and natural geologic sources
Geologic Studies of Mercury by the U.S. Geological Survey
Mercury Strategy for the Bay-Delta Ecosystem: A Unifying Framework
Bear-Yuba Watersheds Interagency Abandoned Mine Lands Project
Abandoned Mercury Mines Terlingua and Mariscal Mountain, Big Bend National Park, Texas
Mercury methylation influenced by areas of past mercury mining in the Terlingua district, Texas
Evaluation of Mercury Contamination at Inactive Mercury Mines in and around Big Bend National Park, Texas
(the article is on pages 57-64 in this Circular)
Leaching, transport, and methylation of mercury from mercury mines in and around the Humboldt River basin, Nevada
Mercury methylation at mercury mines in the Humboldt River Basin, Nevada
Mercury Contamination from Historical Gold Mining in California FS 2005-3014
Geochemical characterization...mercury and acidic drainage... Greenhorn Creek, Nevada County, California SIR 2004-5251
Geochemistry of Mercury...Fluvial Tailings... Daguerre Point Dam, Yuba River, California SIR 2004-5165
Mercury and Arsenic Contamination Associated with Abandoned Mine Lands, Bear River and South Yuba River Watersheds
Mercury contamination from hydraulic placer-gold mining in the Dutch Flat mining district, California (PDF pp 179-189) WRIR 99-4018B
Water and Sediment Quality in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, During Water Year 2002
Source, Transport, and Partitioning of Metals between Water, Colloids, and Bed Sediments of the Animas River, Colorado USGS OFR 97-0151
Historical deposition and fluxes of mercury in Narraguinnep Reservoir, southwestern Colorado
Environmental Geochemistry Of Mercury Mines In Alaska
Environmental geochemistry of mercury mines and deposits in southwestern Alaska
(the article is on pages 17-29 in this bulletin)
Mercury in vegetation and soils at abandoned mercury mines in southwestern Alaska
Distribution, speciation, and transport of mercury in stream-sediment, stream-water, and fish collected near abandoned mercury mines in southwestern Alaska
Environmental Studies of Mineral Deposits in Alaska
Geoenvironmental Impacts of Mercury and Arsenic
Mercury transport and uptake by biota in a cinnabar mine-impacted creek
Mercury Speciation and Microbial Transformations in Mine Wastes, Stream Sediments, and Surface Waters at the Almadén Mining District, Spain
Mercury and methylmercury contamination related to artisanal gold mining, Suriname
Mercury and methylmercury contents in mine-waste calcine, water, and sediment collected from the Palawan Quicksilver Mine, Philippine
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