Stable lead isotopes in pond sediments as tracer of past and present atmospheric lead pollution in Belgium

Petit, D.; Mennessier, J.P.; Lamberts, L.

doi:10.1016/0004-6981(84)90150-1

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“…Although there are slight discrepancies of age in our peat core due to sampling intervals (1 cm representing a mean of 20 years above 3 cm depth, see Table 2), this decrease in Pb concentration and Pb E.F. is marked in the upper samples from above 3.5 cm depth, and is therefore representative for post-A.D. 1950. These records also correspond with diverse records from Belgium (Petit et al, 1984), France (Rosman et al, 2000;Arnaud et al, 2004), and Switzerland (Kober et al, 1999;Shotyk et al, 1998).…”

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Atmospheric lead and heavy metal pollution records from a Belgian peat bog spanning the last two millenia: Human impact on a regional to global scale

Vleeschouwer

Gérard

Goormaghtigh

et al. 2007

Science of The Total Environment

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Europe has been continuously polluted throughout the last two millennia. During the Roman Empire, these pollutions were mainly from ore extraction and smelting across Europe. Then, during the Middle Ages and the Early times of Industrial revolution (i.e. 1750), these pollutions extended to coal burning and combustion engine. Belgian ombrotrophic peat bogs have proved an effective archive of these pollutants and provide the opportunity to reconstruct the history of atmospheric deposition in NW Europe.The results of recent and past trace metal accumulation and Pb isotopes from a one-meter peat core (in the Misten peat bog) have been derived using XRF and Nu-plasma MC-ICP-MS. Combined with 14 C and 210 Pb dates these data have enabled us to trace fluxes in anthropogenic pollution back to original Roman times.

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Atmospheric lead and heavy metal pollution records from a Belgian peat bog spanning the last two millenia: Human impact on a regional to global scale

Vleeschouwer

Gérard

Goormaghtigh

et al. 2007

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“…3). A similar decrease in '"PbPo7Pb ratios during the last century was reported for lake sediments in Belgium (40), archived herbage samples collected at the Rothamsted Experimental Station in England (41), and in lake sediments from Scotland (42) and Switzerland (43). Moreover, an identical trend (for the past 130 years) to the one we report for the EGR peat core has since been found, using herbarium specimens of Sphagnum moss collected since A.D. 1867 and in three other Swiss peat cores (44).…”

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History of Atmospheric Lead Deposition Since 12,370 ¹⁴ C yr BP from a Peat Bog, Jura Mountains, Switzerland

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Appleby

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A continuous record of atmospheric lead since 12,370 carbon-14 years before the present (14C yr BP) is preserved in a Swiss peat bog. Enhanced fluxes caused by climate changes reached their maxima 10, 590 (14)C yr BP (Younger Dryas) and 8230 (14)C yr BP. Soil erosion caused by forest clearing and agricultural tillage increased lead deposition after 5320 (14)C yr BP. Increasing lead/scandium and decreasing lead-206/lead-207 beginning 3000 (14)C yr BP indicate the beginning of lead pollution from mining and smelting, and anthropogenic sources have dominated lead emissions ever since. The greatest lead flux (15.7 milligrams per square meter per year in A.D. 1979) was 1570 times the natural, background value (0.01 milligram per square meter per year from 8030 to 5320 (14)C yr BP).

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“…Much of the Pb-bearing ores extracted and processed for industry, as well as Pb contained in fossil fuels, have distinct isotope signatures from the Pb more generally present in rocks, soils, and sediments. The 206 Pb/ 207 Pb isotope ratio has been particularly effective in lake sediment studies to assess historical trends in Pb pollution and to assess its geographic distribution on a regional scale (Graney et al 1995;Blais 1996;Brännvall et al 1997, in press a) or within single basins (Petit et al 1984;Farmer et al 1996;Monna et al 1999), as well as for studies using other environmental archives (Carignan and Gariépy 1995;Bacon et al 1996;Rosman et al 1998;Weiss et al 1999). Isotope 1 Corresponding author (richard.bindler@eg.umu.se).…”

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A whole‐basin study of sediment accumulation using stable lead isotopes and flyash particles in an acidified lake, Sweden

Bindler

Renberg

Brännvall

et al. 2001

Limnology & Oceanography

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Using analyses of lead concentrations, lead isotopes ( 206 Pb/ 207 Pb), and spheroidal carbonaceous flyash particles (SCP), we studied sediment accumulation patterns in the acidified lake Härsvatten in southwest Sweden. After determining the natural background 206 Pb/ 207 Pb ratio (1.5) in deeper sediments in long sediment cores from three basins in the lake, we applied an isotope mixing model to quantify pollution Pb accumulation in 46 gravity cores. The mean pollution Pb inventory in the cores was 2.6 g m Ϫ2 (range, 0.3-11 g m Ϫ2 ). Although some variation in Pb concentrations can be explained by loss on ignition (LOI) and water depth (together, R ϭ 0.33), there is no 2 adj relationship between pollution Pb inventories and these variables. Contrary to the traditional model of sediment focusing, where higher accumulations of pollutants are expected in deeper waters, the highest inventories for pollution Pb and SCP are generally found at shallow sites (Ͻ4 m water depth) and not in the three deep basins of the lake (10, 12, and 24 m deep). Furthermore, the model for sediment focusing, which may be appropriate for describing the physical building of sediments in a lake basin, may be inappropriate for describing the specific processes controlling the distribution of pollutants in a lake basin of this type.

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Stable lead isotopes in pond sediments as tracer of past and present atmospheric lead pollution in Belgium

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Atmospheric lead and heavy metal pollution records from a Belgian peat bog spanning the last two millenia: Human impact on a regional to global scale

Atmospheric lead and heavy metal pollution records from a Belgian peat bog spanning the last two millenia: Human impact on a regional to global scale

History of Atmospheric Lead Deposition Since 12,370 ¹⁴ C yr BP from a Peat Bog, Jura Mountains, Switzerland

A whole‐basin study of sediment accumulation using stable lead isotopes and flyash particles in an acidified lake, Sweden

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Stable lead isotopes in pond sediments as tracer of past and present atmospheric lead pollution in Belgium

Cited by 70 publications

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Atmospheric lead and heavy metal pollution records from a Belgian peat bog spanning the last two millenia: Human impact on a regional to global scale

Atmospheric lead and heavy metal pollution records from a Belgian peat bog spanning the last two millenia: Human impact on a regional to global scale

History of Atmospheric Lead Deposition Since 12,370 14 C yr BP from a Peat Bog, Jura Mountains, Switzerland

A whole‐basin study of sediment accumulation using stable lead isotopes and flyash particles in an acidified lake, Sweden

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