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