Mercury Contaminated Sites

by Ebinghaus, Ralf; Turner, Ronald R.; Lacerda, Luiz Drude De; Vasiliev, O.; Salomons, W.

• ISBN13: 9783540637318
• ISBN10: 3540637311
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book presents an up-to-date overview of the characterization, risk assessment and remediation of mercury-contaminated sites. Many industrial activities, including the mining of gold, silver, and mercury itself, have caused mercury contamination of terrestrial and aquatic systems. Unlike other metals, which are generally not very volatile, mercury from contaminated sites can have a significant impact on remote ecosystems via the atmospheric pathway. Thus, mercury contamination is not only a local issue, but also has global dimensions. This book summarizes, for the first time, works from Europe, Russia and the American continent. Review chapters are supplemented by detailed, international case studies.

Table of Contents

1 Reviews	1	(180)
1 Natural and Anthropogenic Mercury Sources and Their Impact on the Air-Surface Exchange of Mercury on Regional and Global Scales	1	(50)
R. Ebinghaus
R.M. Tripathi
D. Wallschlager
S.E. Lindberg
2 Mercury Mines in Europe: Assessment of Emissions and Environmental Contamination	51	(22)
R. Ferrara
3 Mercury Contamination from New World Gold and Silver Mine Tailings	73	(16)
L.D. de Lacerda
W. Salomons
4 Mercury-Contaminated Industrial and Mining Sites in North America: an Overview with Selected Case Studies	89	(24)
R.R. Turner
G.R. Southworth
5 Remediation Techniques for Hg-Contaminated Sites	113	(18)
M. Hempel
J. Thoming
6 Advanced Technology Available for the Abatement of Mercury Pollution in the Metallurgical Industry	131	(12)
A.B. Mukherjee
7 Mercury Contamination of Minamata Bay: Historical Overview and Progress Towards Recovery	143	(16)
A. Kudo
R.R. Turner
8 Chemical Interactions Between Mercurial Species and Surface Biomolecules from Structural Components of Some Biological Systems	159	(22)
A.C.A. da Costa
II International Case Studies	181	(350)
II.a Industrial Sites	181	(68)
1 Distribution, Bioavailability and Speciation of Mercury in Contaminated Soil and Groundwater of a Former Wood Impregnation Plant	181	(26)
T. Schondorf
M. Egli
H. Biester
W. Mailahn
W. Rotard
2 Relative Importance of Non-Point Sources of Mercury to an Industrialized Coastal System, Sepetiba Bay, SE Brazil	207	(14)
R.V. Marins
L.D. de Lacerda
R.C. Villas Boas
3 Monitoring and Assessment of Mercury Pollution in the Vicinity of Electrical Engineering Plants in the CIS	221	(16)
E.P. Yanin
N.N. Moskalenko
4 Mercury in Gas and Oil Deposits	237	(12)
N.A. Ozerova
N.P. Mashyanov
Yu. I. Pikovsky
V.V. Ryzhov
A.E. Chernova
A.A. Ganeev
S.E. Sholupov
L.A. Dobryansky
II.b Mining	249	(128)
1 Atmospheric Mercury in Abandoned Mine Structures and Restored Mine Buildings at Mt. Amiata, Italy	249	(10)
R. Ferrara
B.E. Maserti
B. Mazzolai
F. Di Francesco
H. Edner
S. Svanberg
E. Wallinder
2 Mercury in the Town of Idrija (Slovenia) After 500 Years of Mining and Smelting	259	(12)
V. Miklavcic
3 Evaluation of Internal Doses of Mercury at Intermittent Exposure to Elemental Mercury at the Mine in Idrija	271	(10)
A. Kobal
E. Nanut
M. Horvat
P. Stegnar
A. Sabadin
4 Mercury in Terrestrial Food Webs of the Idrija Mining Area	281	(40)
A. Gnamus
M. Horvat
5 Vegetation on Contaminated Sites near an Hg Mine and Smelter	321	(16)
V. Banasova
6 Modern Mercury Contamination from Historic Amalgamation Milling of Silver-Gold Ores in the Carson River, Nevada and Jordan Creek, Idaho: Importance of Speciation Analysis in Understanding the Source, Mobility, and Fate of Polluted Materials	337	(20)
P.J. Lechler
7 Gold Mining in Siberia as a Source of Mercury Contamination of the Environment	357	(20)
T.G. Laperdina
M.V. Melnikova
T.E. Khvostova
II.c Emissions and Atmospheric Dispersion	377	(44)
1 Estimation of Gaseous Mercury Emissions in Germany: Inverse Modelling of Source Strengths at the Contaminated Industrial Site BSL Werk Schkopau	377	(16)
O. Kruger
R. Ebinghaus
H.H. Kock
I. Richter-Politz
C. Geilhufe
2 Removal of Mercury from Gases by Modified Zeolites in a Stationary Bed	393	(8)
O. Petzold
H.J. Fell
H.W. Brauer
3 Mercury Speciation of MSWI Flue Gas on Pilot and Industrial Scales	401	(8)
J. Wang
Z. Xiao
O. Lindqvist
4 Mercury Saturation Profile Across the Sulphur-Impregnated Activated Carbon Bed	409	(12)
Z. Spiric
M. Hraste
II.d Remediation	421	(46)
1 Basic Study on the Remediation Technology of Mercury Compound-Contaminated Soil by Low-Temperature Thermal Treatment	421	(20)
A. Matsuyama
H. Iwasaki
K. Higaki
H. Yabuta
T. Sano
H. Agaki
2 Electroleaching: a Mobile Cleanup Process for Mercury Contaminated Materials	441	(16)
J. Thoming
L. Sobral
R.D. Wilken
3 Mercury Decontamination of a Chloralkali Plant in Alexandria, Egypt	457	(10)
T. Meschede
R. Vogelsberger
II.e Mercury Contamination in Aquatic Systems	467	(64)
1 Mercury Subsurface Maxima in Sediments: a Diagnostic for Anthropogenic Origins	467	(20)
G.E. Glass
J.A. Sorensen
G.R. Rapp Jr.
M. Balcer
L. Schwarzkopf
2 Concentration of Mercury and Other Heavy Metals in Central India	487	(14)
K.S. Patel
R.M. Patel
A.N. Tripathi
C.K. Chandrawanshi
P.K. Pandey
S. Chikhalikar
A. Kamavisdar
S.G. Aggarwal
3 Fluvial Transports of Mercury Pollution in the III River Basin (North-eastern France): Partitioning into Aqueous Phases, Suspended Matter and Bottom Sediments	501	(20)
J.L. Probst
A. Messaitfa
G. Krempp
P. Behra
4 Distribution of Total and Methyl Mercury in a Creek Ecosystem Near Bombay	521	(10)
G.G. Pandit
R.M. Tripathi
S.K. Jha
T.M. Krishnamoorthy
Subject Index	531