title: Dendrochemical assessment of mercury releases from a pond and dredged-sediment landfill impacted by a chlor-alkali plant.
abstract: Although current Hg emissions from industrial activities may be accurately monitored, evidence of past releases to the atmosphere must rely on one or more environmental proxies. We used Hg concentrations in tree cores collected from poplars and willows to investigate the historical changes of Hg emissions from a dredged sediment landfill and compared them to a nearby control location. Our results demonstrated the potential value of using dendrochemistry to record historical Hg emissions from past industrial activities.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement (UMR 6249), Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Pôle Universitaire du Pays de Montbéliard, 4 Place Tharradin, BP 71427, 25211 Montbéliard, France.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maillard
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement (UMR 6249), Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Pôle Universitaire du Pays de Montbéliard, 4 Place Tharradin, BP 71427, 25211 Montbéliard, France.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Girardclos
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement (UMR 6249), Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Pôle Universitaire du Pays de Montbéliard, 4 Place Tharradin, BP 71427, 25211 Montbéliard, France.
authors.forename: Mohamad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Assad
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement (UMR 6249), Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Pôle Universitaire du Pays de Montbéliard, 4 Place Tharradin, BP 71427, 25211 Montbéliard, France.
authors.forename: Cyril
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zappelini
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement (UMR 6249), Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Pôle Universitaire du Pays de Montbéliard, 4 Place Tharradin, BP 71427, 25211 Montbéliard, France.
authors.forename: Julia Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pérez Mena
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement (UMR 6249), Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Pôle Universitaire du Pays de Montbéliard, 4 Place Tharradin, BP 71427, 25211 Montbéliard, France.
authors.forename: Loïc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yung
authors.affiliation: Département d'Informatique des Systèmes Complexes, Institut FEMTO-ST (UMR 6174 CNRS), Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 16 Route de Gray, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guyeux
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Mathématiques de Besancon, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 16 Route de Gray, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chrétien
authors.affiliation: Exponent, Inc., 15375 SE 30th Place, Suite 250, Bellevue, WA 98007, USA.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bigham
authors.affiliation: Institute F.-A. Forel, University of Geneva, 10 Route de Suisse, CP 416, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cosio
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement (UMR 6249), Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Pôle Universitaire du Pays de Montbéliard, 4 Place Tharradin, BP 71427, 25211 Montbéliard, France; Université de Lorraine, Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, BP 70239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France. Electronic address: michel.chalot@univ-fcomte.fr.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chalot
mesh_terms: D000468:Alkalies; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D019015:Geologic Sediments; D007220:Industrial Waste; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis*; D061005:Ponds; D032107:Populus / Q000737:chemistry; D032108:Salix / Q000737:chemistry; D014197:Trees / Q000737:chemistry*; D064091:Waste Disposal Facilities
chemical_list: D000468:Alkalies; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D007220:Industrial Waste; D008628:Mercury
keywords: Chlor-alkali plant; Dendrochemistry; Mercury; Salicaceous species; Tree rings