Evidence of global pollution and recent environmental change in Kamchatka, Russia

• Main Authors: Jones, VJ, Rose, NL, Self, AE, Solovieva, N, Yang, H
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: Chironomid; Diatom; Kamchatka; Mercury; Pollution; Spheroidal carbonaceous particles; Lake May
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1462365/1/1-s2.0-S0921818115000430-main%20%281%29.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1462365/

Kamchatka is a remote, isolated and understudied area and is presumed to be pristine. Here we present the first high-resolution palaeolimnological investigation of the recent past. A short core representing the last 250. years was taken from Olive-backed Lake situated in central Kamchatka. Lead-210...