Decoupling Natural and Anthropogenic Mercury and Lead Transport from South Asia to the Himalayas

• Published in: Environmental Science & Technology
• Main Authors: Huang, Jie, Kang, Shichang, Yin, Runsheng, Lin, Mang, Guo, Junming, Ram, Kirpa, Li, Chaoliu, Sharma, Chhatra, Tripathee, Lekhendra, Sun, Shiwei, Wang, Feiyue
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: AMER CHEMICAL SOC 2020
• Subjects: Engineering; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Environmental; Environmental Sciences; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; TIBETAN PLATEAU; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ALPINE LAKE; ICE CORE; SEDIMENTS; DUST; PB; SIGNATURES; RECONSTRUCTION; Alpine Lake; Indian; ice core
• Online Access: http://ir.gig.ac.cn/handle/344008/59431; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c00429

Mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) accumulation since the Industrial Revolution has been generally observed to increase concurrently in lake sedimentary records around the world. Located downwind during the monsoon season from the rapidly developing South Asia, the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau are expe...