Observational and modeling constraints on global anthropogenic enrichment of mercury

HM Amos, JE Sonke, D Obrist, N Robins… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Centuries of anthropogenic releases have resulted in a global legacy of mercury (Hg)
contamination. Here we use a global model to quantify the impact of uncertainty in Hg …

[HTML][HTML] 210Pb-dating of sediments with models assuming a constant flux: CFCS, CRS, PLUM, and the novel χ-mapping. Review, performance tests, and guidelines

JM Abril-Hernández - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2023 - Elsevier
The 210 Pb-based method has been widely used for five decades to determine absolute
ages in recent sediments on the centennial scale. Decoding a chronology from the empirical …

Historical records and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in sediment from a representative plateau lake …

H Yuan, E Liu, E Zhang, W Luo, L Chen, C Wang, Q Lin - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
The PAH and OCP concentrations in sediment cores collected from a deep lake were
measured and evaluated chronologically. The results indicated that the PAH and OCP …

Calibrating 210Pb dating results with varve chronology and independent chronostratigraphic markers: problems and implications

W Tylmann, A Bonk, T Goslar, S Wulf… - Quaternary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Varved lake sediments provide a unique opportunity to validate results of isotope dating
methods. This allows testing of different numerical models and constraining procedures to …

Risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon infested sediments along the coast of Goa, India

VC Bhatawadekar, SR Damare, A Garg - Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Goa, a small state in India, is a tourist hotspot known for its coastline and beaches.
Anthropogenic activities lead to pollution in the environment. Amongst many other …

Unequal anthropogenic enrichment of mercury in earth's northern and southern hemispheres

C Li, JE Sonke, G Le Roux, N Piotrowska… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Remote Northern Hemisphere (NH) and Southern Hemisphere (SH) lake sediment and peat
records of mercury (Hg) deposition have shown a× 3 to× 5 Hg enrichment since pre …

Downward migrating microplastics in lake sediments are a tricky indicator for the onset of the Anthropocene

I Dimante-Deimantovica, S Saarni, M Barone… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Plastics are a recent particulate material in Earth's history. Because of plastics persistence
and wide-range presence, it has a great potential of being a global age marker and …

[HTML][HTML] 210Pb-based dating of recent sediments with the χ-mapping version of the Constant Sediment Accumulation Rate (CSAR) model

JM Abril-Hernández - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2023 - Elsevier
The 210 Pb-based method aims at determining the absolute age of recent sediments on the
centennial scale. A family of models assumes that at the sediment-water interface the flux of …

On the use of 210Pb-based records of sedimentation rates and activity concentrations for tracking past environmental changes

JM Abril - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2022 - Elsevier
Lead-210 from natural atmospheric fallout is widely used in multidisciplinary studies to date
recent sediments. Some of the 210 Pb-based dating models can produce historical records …

Temporal trends, sources, and ecological risk of residual organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in sediment core from the Dongping Lake, North China

X Zhao, L Chen, W Guo, S Lu - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
A sedimentary record of the 19 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) pollutants from Dongping
Lake, north China, is presented in this study. According to the dating of core sediment and …