Record of Anthropocene pollution sources of lead in disturbed peatlands from Southern Poland

[en] The importance of human impacts on Earth has led to the proposal of a new geologic epoch called the Anthropocene. However markers, recognizable in all records, are required to define this period. Here we combine elemental geochemistry with stable lead (Pb) isotopes and mineralogical analyses to decipher the sources of lead in two exploited ombrotrophic peat bogs (Puścizna Mała and Puścizna Krauszowska) from Southern Poland. The most disturbed parts of the cores, distinguished using bulk density and age–depth models (22–45 cm in PM and 22–46 cm in PK), were excluded from the interpretation. The two studied cores record ca. 2000 years of variations in lead accumulation rates and isotopic compositions. In the lowest part of the cores (2nd to 4th century AD for Puścizna Mała and 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD for Puścizna Krauszowska), the 206Pb/207Pb ratios (1.188) are consistent with natural supplies from the erosion of the nearby Tatra Mountains. From the 9th to the 19th century AD, 206Pb/207Pb ratios (1.176–1.179) are similar to the signatures obtained from Polish galena ores. The highest Pb accumulation rates are found around 1950 AD and reflect the primary influence of bituminous coal combustion together with the secondary influence of leaded gasoline. This result agrees with the occurrence and abundance of spheroidal aluminosilicates, an unambiguous marker of human industrial activity and coal burning as well as with the acceleration of Zn, Cd and Fe accumulation rate. Our results provide evidence that similar geochemical patterns exist in both analysed cores despite differences in the history of peatland exploitation. Therefore, given that extra care is taken to identify the disturbed peat layers, exploited peatlands can be used to record past changes in lead isotopic signature during the Anthropocene. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd

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Earth sciences & physical geography

Author, co-author :

Fiałkiewicz-Kozieł, B.; Department of Biogeography and Paleoecology, Institute of Geoinformation and Geoecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

De Vleeschouwer, F.; EcoLab, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France

Mattielli, N.; Laboratoire G-Time “Géochimie: Traçage isotopique, minéral et élémentaire”, Département des Géosciences, Environnement et Société (DGES), CP 160/02 Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue FD. Roosevelt, 50, Bruxelles, Belgium

Fagel, Nathalie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géologie > Argiles, géochimie et environnements sédimentaires

Palowski, B.; Department of Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Bankowa 9, Katowice, Poland

Pazdur, A.; Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Physics – Centre for Science and Education, ul. Konarskiego 22B, Gliwice, Poland

Smieja-Król, B.; Department of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrography, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, ul. Będzińska 60, Sosnowiec, Poland

Language :

English

Title :

Record of Anthropocene pollution sources of lead in disturbed peatlands from Southern Poland

Publication date :

2018

Journal title :

Atmospheric Environment

ISSN :

1352-2310

eISSN :

1873-2844

Publisher :

Elsevier Ltd

Volume :

179

Pages :

61-68

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Funders :

N304 275134, MNiSW, Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego

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