Anthropogenic impacts in North Poland over the last 1300 years--a record of Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni and S in an ombrotrophic peat bog.
Lead pollution history over Northern Poland was reconstructed for the last ca. 1300 years using the elemental and Pb isotope geochemistry of a dated Polish peat bog. The data show that Polish Pb-Zn ores and coal were the main sources of Pb, other heavy metals and S over Northern Poland up until the industrial revolution. After review of the potential mobility of each element, most of the historical interpretation was based on Pb and Pb isotopes, the other chemical elements (Zn, Cu, Ni, S) being considered secondary indicators of pollution. During the last century, leaded gasoline also contributed to anthropogenic Pb pollution over Poland. Coal and Pb-Zn ores, however, remained important sources of pollution in Eastern European countries during the last 50 years, as demonstrated by a high (206)Pb/(207)Pb ratio (1.153) relative to that of Western Europe (ca. 1.10). The Pb data for the last century were also in good agreement with modelled Pb inventories over Poland and the Baltic region.
De Vleeschouwer
François
F
Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Physics, Department of Radioisotopes, GADAM Centre of Excellence, Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland. fdevleeschouwer@gmail.com
Fagel
Nathalie
N
Cheburkin
Andriy
A
Pazdur
Anna
A
Sikorski
Jaroslaw
J
Mattielli
Nadine
N
Renson
Virginie
V
Fialkiewicz
Barbara
B
Piotrowska
Natalia
N
Le Roux
Gaël
G
D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011044:Poland; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013455:Sulfur / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D013997:Time Factors; D053833:Wetlands
D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D013455:Sulfur