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Atmospheric lead and heavy metal pollution records from a Belgian peat bog spanning the last two millenia: Human impact on a regional to global scale
De Vleeschouwer, François; Gerard, Laetitia; Goormaghtigh, Catherine et al.
2007In Science of the Total Environment, 377 (2-3), p. 282-295
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Keywords :
peat; geochemistry; Belgium; pollution; last two millennia; environment; Pb isotope
Abstract :
[en] Europe has been continuously polluted throughout the last two millennia. During the Roman Empire, these pollutions were mainly from ore extraction and smelting across Europe. Then, during the Middle Ages and the Early times of Industrial revolution (i.e. 1750), these pollutions extended to coal burning and combustion engine. Belgian ombrotrophic peat bogs have proved an effective archive of these pollutants and provide the opportunity to reconstruct the history of atmospheric deposition in NW Europe. The results of recent and past trace metal accumulation and Pb isotopes from a one-meter peat core (in the Misten peat bog) have been derived using XRF and Nu-plasma MC-ICP-MS. Combined with C-14 and Pb-210 dates these data have enabled us to trace fluxes in anthropogenic pollution back to original Roman times. Several periods of well-known Pb pollution events are clearly recorded including the Early and Late Roman Empire, the Middle Ages and the second industrial revolution. Also recorded is the introduction of leaded gasoline, and more recently the introduction of unleaded gasoline. Lead isotopes in this site have also enabled us to fingerprint several regional and global sources of anthropogenic particles. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
De Vleeschouwer, François 
Gerard, Laetitia
Goormaghtigh, Catherine
Mattielli, Nadine ;  Université de Bruxelles ULB > DSTE
Le Roux, Gaël ;  University of Heidelberg
Fagel, Nathalie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géologie > Géochim. sédiment. - Sédiment. mar. & continent. du quatern.
Language :
English
Title :
Atmospheric lead and heavy metal pollution records from a Belgian peat bog spanning the last two millenia: Human impact on a regional to global scale
Publication date :
May 2007
Journal title :
Science of the Total Environment
ISSN :
0048-9697
eISSN :
1879-1026
Publisher :
Elsevier Science Bv, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
377
Issue :
2-3
Pages :
282-295
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
FRIA - Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture [BE]
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