Global mercury emissions to the atmosphere from anthropogenic and natural sources

被引：1119

作者：

Pirrone, N. ^{[1
]}

Cinnirella, S. ^{[1
]}

Feng, X. ^{[2
]}

Finkelman, R. B. ^{[3
]}

Friedli, H. R. ^{[4
]}

Leaner, J. ^{[5
]}

Mason, R. ^{[6
]}

Mukherjee, A. B. ^{[7
]}

Stracher, G. B. ^{[8
]}

Streets, D. G. ^{[9
]}

Telmer, K. ^{[10
]}

机构：

[1] CNR, Inst Atmospher Pollut Res, Div Rende, Arcavacata Di Rende, Italy

[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geochem, State Key Lab Environm Geochem, Guiyang, Peoples R China

[3] Univ Texas Dallas, Dallas, TX 75230 USA

[4] Natl Ctr Atmospher Res, Boulder, CO 80307 USA

[5] CSIR, Stellenbosch, South Africa

[6] Univ Connecticut, Dept Marine Sci, Hartford, CT 06112 USA

[7] Univ Helsinki, Dept Biol & Environm Sci, Helsinki, Finland

[8] E Georgia Coll, Div Sci & Math, Swainsboro, Georgia

[9] Argonne Natl Lab, Argonne, IL 60439 USA

[10] Univ Victoria, Sch Earth & Ocean Sci, Victoria, BC, Canada

来源：

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS | 2010年 / 10卷 / 13期

关键词：

FIRED POWER-PLANTS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; VOLCANIC EMISSIONS; COAL COMBUSTION; FOREST-FIRES; UNCERTAINTIES; ACCUMULATION; CONSUMPTION; DEPOSITION; INVENTORY;

D O I：

10.5194/acp-10-5951-2010

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

This paper provides an up-to-date assessment of global mercury emissions from anthropogenic and natural sources. On an annual basis, natural sources account for 5207 Mg of mercury released to the global atmosphere, including the contribution from re-emission processes, which are emissions of previously deposited mercury originating from anthropogenic and natural sources, and primary emissions from natural reservoirs. Anthropogenic sources, which include a large number of industrial point sources, are estimated to account for 2320 Mg of mercury emitted annually. The major contributions are from fossil-fuel fired power plants (810 Mg yr(-1)), artisanal small scale gold mining (400 Mg yr(-1)), non-ferrous metals manufacturing (310 Mg yr(-1)), cement production (236 Mg yr(-1)), waste disposal (187 Mg yr(-1)) and caustic soda production (163 Mg yr(-1)). Therefore, our current estimate of global mercury emissions suggests that the overall contribution from natural sources (primary emissions + re-emissions) and anthropogenic sources is nearly 7527 Mg per year, the uncertainty associated with these estimates are related to the typology of emission sources and source regions.

引用

页码：5951 / 5964

页数：14

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