Stable Isotope and Concentration Records of Atmospheric Lead Pollution in Peat and Lake Sediments in Sweden
Stable Isotope and Concentration Records of Atmospheric Lead Pollution in Peat and Lake Sediments in Sweden
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瑞典泥炭和湖泊沉积物中大气铅污染的稳定同位素和浓度记录
DOI:
10.1023/a:1018360106350
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发表时间:
1997
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I. Renberg
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作者:
M. Brännvall;R. Bindler;O. Emteryd;M. Nilsson;I. Renberg
We compare lead concentration and stable lead isotope analyses from three peat bog and three lake sediment records in Sweden. Radiocarbon dated stratigraphies give evidence that trends in the concentration of Pb in the peat and sediment cores are very similar, and follow the general outline of historical global Pb production over several thousand years. Due to the large difference in the 206Pb/207Pb ratio between Sweden, about 1.5, and continental Europe (excluding Fennoscandia), ≤1.2, it is possible to distinguish external sources of Pb to Sweden. In the lake sediments, profiles of 206Pb/207Pb ratio mirror the Pb concentration until 1000 AD; increasing concentration is accompanied by decreasing ratios. After 1000 AD the ratio varies little at about 1.2 in sediments, because of the near total dominance of pollutant Pb. There is a further decline in the Pb ratio to about 1.14 in this century as a result of the addition of alkyl-Pb in petrol. The Pb concentration profiles in the peat match the lakes, but the isotope profiles do not. During the fen-to-bog transition there is a rapid decline in the 206Pb/207Pb ratio from >1.3 to about 1.2, and the ratio continues to decline to the present. We hypothesise that this is because externally-derived Pb from long-range transport of soil dust and atmospheric pollution has always been more important in the ombrotrophic peat than in lakes, which have a greater influx of catchment-derived Pb.