History of atmospheric lead deposition since 12,370 14C yr BP from a peat bog, jura mountains, Switzerland

W. Shotyk; D. Weiss; P. G. Appleby; A. K. Cheburkin; R. Frei; M. Gloor; J. D. Kramers; S. Reese; W. O. Van Der Knaap

doi:10.1126/science.281.5383.1635

History of atmospheric lead deposition since 12,370 ¹⁴C yr BP from a peat bog, jura mountains, Switzerland

W. Shotyk
, D. Weiss
, P. G. Appleby
, A. K. Cheburkin
, R. Frei
, M. Gloor
, J. D. Kramers
, S. Reese
, W. O. Van Der Knaap

University of Bern
University of Liverpool
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
EMMA Analytical Inc.
University of Copenhagen
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

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Abstract

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 ¹⁴C yr BP (Younger Dryas) and 8230 ¹⁴ C yr BP. Soil erosion caused by forest clearing and agricultural tillage increased lead deposition after 5320 ¹⁴C yr BP. Increasing lead/scandium and decreasing lead-206/lead-207 beginning 3000 ¹⁴C 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 ¹⁴C yr BP).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1635-1640
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science
Volume	281
Issue number	5383
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.281.5383.1635
Publication status	Published - 11 Sept 1998
Externally published	Yes

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