Table 4 Pearson correlation coefficients and p values between THg, TOC, and metals in surface sediment from Svalbard fjords.

Other trace metals
		As	Cu	Ni	Zn	Cr	Pb
THg	R²	0.54	0.45	0.08	0.13	0.53	−0.04
	P value	<0.01	0.01	0.65	0.47	<0.01	0.02
TOC	R²	0.41	0.38	0.01	0.04	0.45	−0.34
	P value	0.01	0.02	0.96	0.82	0.01	0.05
Detrital & Lithogenic weathering proxies
		Al	Zr	Ti	Rb	Th	Hf
THg	R²	0.28	0.41	0.41	‒ 0.22	‒ 0.29	0.56
	P value	0.11	0.01	0.01	0.21	0.09	<0.01
TOC	R²	0.26	0.52	0.46	‒0.21	‒0.26	0.61
	P value	0.13	<0.01	0.01	0.22	0.13	<0.01

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