Stable lead isotopes and lake sediments--a useful combination for the study of atmospheric lead pollution history.
Stable lead isotopes and lake sediments--a useful combination for the study of atmospheric lead pollution history.
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10.1016/s0048-9697(02)00032-3
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2002-06
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I. Renberg;M. Brännvall;R. Bindler;O. Emteryd
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I. Renberg;M. Brännvall;R. Bindler;O. Emteryd
Analysis of stable lead isotopes and lead concentrations in lake-sediment deposits, not least in varved (annually-laminated) sediments, is a useful method to study lead pollution history. This paper presents details from a study of 31 lakes in Sweden. Using a strong acid digestion of sediment samples and ICP-MS analyses, we have found that Swedish lake sediments have a high natural (pre-pollution)206[Pb]/207[Pb] ratio (mean 1.52±0.18, range 1.28–2.01, n=31 lakes). In contrast, atmospheric lead pollution derived from metal smelting processes, coal burning and from alkyl-lead added to petrol has a lower ratio (<1.2). Consequently, when pollution lead deposition began approximately 3500 years ago, the lead isotope ratio of the sediments started to decline, and in modern sediments it is typically <1.2. Using the isotope and concentration values and a mixing model, the relative contribution of pollution and natural lead in sediment samples can be calculated. The pollution lead records of the Swedish lake sediments show a consistent picture of the atmospheric lead pollution history. Some noticeable features are the Roman peak (approx. 0 ad), the large and permanent Medieval increase (approx. 1000 ad), peaks at approximately 1200 and 1530 ad, the rapid increase after World War II, the peak in the 1970s, and the large modern decline.
