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Mass Balance of Mercury in the Idrijca River Catchment

Author(s): David Kocman (Author), Milena Horvat (Supervisor)

Year: 2008

Type: Doctoral dissertation

Mercury (Hg) pollution has been investigated in the area of the Idrija mercury mine, Slovenia, where the second largest mercury mine in the world operated for more then 500 years. Although the production of mercury at the Idrija mercury mine stopped in 1994, centuries of mining and ore processing operations …