Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific Literature

Table 10

Mercury emissions from natural and anthropogenic sources [193].

Emissions from natural sources	Mg y^−1	% global emission budget	Emissions from anthropogenic sources	Mg y^−1	% global emission budget
Oceans	2682	36	Combustion of fossil fuel	810	11
Biomass burning	675	9	Artisanal small scale gold mining	400	5
Desert, metalliferous, and nonvegetated zones	546	7	Nonferrous metal production	310	4
Tundra and grassland/Savannah/Prairie/Chaparral	448	6	Cement production	236	3
Lakes	96	1	Caustic soda production	163	2
Forests	342	5	Waste disposal	187	2
Agricultural areas	128	2	Pig iron production	43	1
Evasion after mercury depletion events	200	3	Mercury production	50	1
Volcanoes and geothermal areas	90	1	Coal bed fires	32	0
			VCM production	24	0
			Other	65	1
Total	5,207	70	Total	2,320	30