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Mercury depth profiles

Pacific Ocean 14° 40'N, 160° 07' W

Atlantic Ocean 30 to 34°N, 64 to 66°W

Depth (m)

Hg (pmol/kg)

Depth (m)

Hg (pmol/kg)

0

1.8

0

3.5

245

2

5

4

940

1.9

10

2.8

1000

1.2

15

6.5

1500

1.2

31

4.3

2509

1.3

35

4

3000

1.6

60

4.8

4000

1.7

75

3

110

4.8

124

4.7

150

4

300

5.5

387

7.2

421

8.3

495

10

500

10

750

5

1000

6.5

1066

4.2

1493

3.8

Gill, G. A. and Fitzgerald, W. F., 1988. Vertical mercury distributions in the oceans. Geochim.

Cosmochim. Acta 52: 1719-1728.