Stable lead (Pb) isotopes and concentrations - A useful independent dating tool for Baltic Sea sediments
The prehistory of the Baltic Sea has for a long time suffered from imprecise dating, due to the large uncertainties associated with bulk radiocarbon dating of Baltic Sea sediments. To constrain the timing of environmental changes in the Baltic Sea it is critical to apply new dating approaches. This...
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:c81dc113-418e-4e0b-a6c0-25e27d7e3f23 2023-05-15T16:27:59+02:00 Stable lead (Pb) isotopes and concentrations - A useful independent dating tool for Baltic Sea sediments Zillén, Lovisa Lenz, Conny Jilbert, Tom 2012 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/2516998 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2011.11.001 eng eng Elsevier https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/2516998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2011.11.001 wos:000301311900005 scopus:84856595588 Quaternary Geochronology; 8, pp 41-45 (2012) ISSN: 1871-1014 Geology Isochrones Holocene Chronology Lead concentration Stable lead isotopes Baltic Sea contributiontojournal/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2012 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2011.11.001 2023-02-01T23:26:50Z The prehistory of the Baltic Sea has for a long time suffered from imprecise dating, due to the large uncertainties associated with bulk radiocarbon dating of Baltic Sea sediments. To constrain the timing of environmental changes in the Baltic Sea it is critical to apply new dating approaches. This study identifies lead pollution isochrones in Baltic Sea sediments, which have previously been recorded in lake sediment and peat deposits in northern Europe and ice cores from Greenland. These isochrones have formed through the deposition of atmospheric lead associated with historic lead production and silver mining in Europe, and more recently with the increased industrial emissions that peaked in the 1970's. Lead concentration and stable lead isotope analyses ((206)pb/Pb-207 ratios) reveal three distinct lead pollution horizons in the Baltic Sea, i.e. a Roman peak at 1 AD, a Medieval peak at 1200 AD and a peak in the 1970s. The new data will improve the chronological accuracy and precision of paleoenvironmental studies in the Baltic Sea, and for the first time, allow synchronization of Baltic Sea geological records within the basin and across Europe and the North Atlantic region (including Greenland). (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland North Atlantic Lund University Publications (LUP) Greenland Quaternary Geochronology 8 41 45 |
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The prehistory of the Baltic Sea has for a long time suffered from imprecise dating, due to the large uncertainties associated with bulk radiocarbon dating of Baltic Sea sediments. To constrain the timing of environmental changes in the Baltic Sea it is critical to apply new dating approaches. This study identifies lead pollution isochrones in Baltic Sea sediments, which have previously been recorded in lake sediment and peat deposits in northern Europe and ice cores from Greenland. These isochrones have formed through the deposition of atmospheric lead associated with historic lead production and silver mining in Europe, and more recently with the increased industrial emissions that peaked in the 1970's. Lead concentration and stable lead isotope analyses ((206)pb/Pb-207 ratios) reveal three distinct lead pollution horizons in the Baltic Sea, i.e. a Roman peak at 1 AD, a Medieval peak at 1200 AD and a peak in the 1970s. The new data will improve the chronological accuracy and precision of paleoenvironmental studies in the Baltic Sea, and for the first time, allow synchronization of Baltic Sea geological records within the basin and across Europe and the North Atlantic region (including Greenland). (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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Stable lead (Pb) isotopes and concentrations - A useful independent dating tool for Baltic Sea sediments |
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Stable lead (Pb) isotopes and concentrations - A useful independent dating tool for Baltic Sea sediments |
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Stable lead (Pb) isotopes and concentrations - A useful independent dating tool for Baltic Sea sediments |
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Stable lead (Pb) isotopes and concentrations - A useful independent dating tool for Baltic Sea sediments |
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Stable lead (Pb) isotopes and concentrations - A useful independent dating tool for Baltic Sea sediments |
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stable lead (pb) isotopes and concentrations - a useful independent dating tool for baltic sea sediments |
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