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Inverse modeling of past lead atmospheric deposition in South Greenland
Emilie GauthierRémi LosnoHervé RichardVincent BichetFabrice MonnaCharly Massasubject
PollutionAtmospheric SciencePeat010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesmedia_common.quotation_subjectLead (sea ice)Sediment010501 environmental sciences01 natural sciencesNatural (archaeology)OceanographyFlux (metallurgy)13. Climate action[ SDU.ENVI ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces environmentSedimentary rockPhysical geography[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces environmentGeologyComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS0105 earth and related environmental sciencesGeneral Environmental Sciencemedia_commondescription
The aim of this study is to model atmospheric lead fluxes in two different paleoenvironmental records located in southern Greenland. Fifty five sediment samples collected from the Lake Igaliku sedimentary sequence were analyzed for lead and aluminum concentrations, and lead isotopic compositions. The second archive consists in a previously published dataset, obtained from a minerogenic peat deposit, located at Tasiusaq, 16 km northwest from Lake Igaliku. A flux model fitted to both dataset produces similar results, allowing past anthropogenic atmospheric deposition to be reconstructed. This original method can be easily adapted for other studies where natural inputs dominate over discrete anthropogenic inputs.
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2015-03-01 |