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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Atmos Chem Phys. 2017;17:1881–1899. doi: 10.5194/acp-17-1881-2017

Table 5.

Mercury deposition (Mg) to the oceans for 2013 from BB and comparison (ratio) with deposition from anthropogenic activities for both oxidation mechanisms.

O3 / OH N. Atlantic S. Atlantic N. Pacific S. Pacific Indian Ocean Med. Sea Arctic S. Ocean
Only BB 29.8 29.9 72.1 63.0 43.0 1.1 4.7 2.1
Only anthropogenic 144.0 80.0 417.7 206.7 151.3 10.0 34.3 11.0
Ratio 0.21 0.37 0.17 0.31 0.28 0.11 0.14 0.19

Br N. Atlantic S. Atlantic N. Pacific S. Pacific Indian Ocean Med. Sea Arctic S. Ocean

Only BB 25.7 34.7 65.1 66.2 46.2 0.9 4.2 5.1
Only anthropogenic 153 85.33 457.3 188.3 140 12.33 34 27.3
Ratio 0.17 0.41 0.14 0.35 0.33 0.08 0.12 0.19