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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2025

The Legacy of Mercury Contamination from Colonial Nonferrous Mining in the Southern Hemisphere.

Larissa Schneider, Saul Guerrero, Gavin Mudd, Marco A A Lopez, Kristen K Beck, Ruoyu Sun, Simon G Haberle, Michael-Shawn Fletcher, Atun Zawadzki, Holger Hintelmann and 3 more

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Larissa SchneiderDepartment of Archaeology and Natural History, School of Culture, History and Language, The Australian National University, Coombs Bld. 9, Fellows Rd, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5276-2531
Saul GuerreroDepartment of Archaeology and Natural History, School of Culture, History and Language, The Australian National University, Coombs Bld. 9, Fellows Rd, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7563-3767
Gavin MuddCritical Minerals Intelligence Centre, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, United Kingdom.
Marco A A LopezCentro de Investigación en Matemáticas (CIMAT), Jalisco s/n, Valenciana, 36023 Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Kristen K BeckCatchments and Coasts Research Group, Department of Geography, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool Campus, Lincoln LN6 7TS, United Kingdom.
Ruoyu SunInstitute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7261-8377
Simon G HaberleDepartment of Archaeology and Natural History, School of Culture, History and Language, The Australian National University, Coombs Bld. 9, Fellows Rd, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia.
Michael-Shawn FletcherAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia.
Atun ZawadzkiAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, New South Wales 2234, Australia.
Holger HintelmannWater Quality Centre, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, Ontario K9L 0G2, Canada.
Alan GriffithsAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, New South Wales 2234, Australia.
Colin CookeEarth and Atmospheric Sciences, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7417-5263
Patrice de CaritatJohn de Laeter Centre, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia 6102, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4185-9124

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Mount Lyell copper (Cu) mine in Tasmania, Australia, underwent historical operational changes that influenced mercury (Hg) emissions from ore processing and smelting. This study presents the first record of Hg concentrations (Hg

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MercuryMiningEnvironmental MonitoringGeologic SedimentsLakesTasmaniaWater Pollutants, ChemicalMercuryWater Pollutants, Chemicalcolonizationdeposition modelingflotationloadingmercury isotopesMount Lyellnonferrous minesmelting

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PMID40527296
PMCPMC12243119

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