NDLI: Identifying the sources and timing of ancient and medieval atmospheric lead pollution in England using a peat profile from Lindow bog, Manchester

Content Provider	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Author	Kober, Bernd Roux, Gaël Le Weiss, Dominik Rausch, Nicole Grattan, John Givelet, Nicolas Krachler, Michael Shotyk, William Cheburkin, Andriy
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	A peat core from Lindow bog near Manchester, England, was precisely cut into 2 cm slices to provide a high-resolution reconstruction of atmospheric Pb deposition. Radiocarbon and 210Pb age dates show that the peat core represents the period ca. 2000 BC to AD 1800. Eleven radiocarbon age dates of bulk peat samples reveal a linear age–depth relationship with an average temporal resolution of 18.5 years per cm, or 37 years per sample. Using the Pb/Ti ratio to calculate the rates of anthropogenic, atmospheric Pb deposition, the profile reveals Pb contamination first appearing in peat samples dating from ca. 900 BC which clearly pre-date Roman mining activities. Using TIMS, MC-ICP-MS, and SF-ICP-MS to measure the isotopic composition of Pb, the 208Pb/206Pb and 206Pb/207Pb data indicate that English ores were the predominant sources during the pre-Roman, Roman, and Medieval Periods. The study shows that detailed studies of peat profiles from ombrotrophic bogs, using appropriate preparatory and analytical methods, can provide new insight into the timing, intensity, and predominant sources of atmospheric Pb contamination, even in samples dating from ancient times.
Starting Page	502
Ending Page	510
Page Count	9
File Format	HTM / HTML PDF
ISSN	14640325
Volume Number	6
Issue Number	5
Journal	Journal of Environmental Monitoring
DOI	10.1039/b401500b
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Lindow Manchester England Peat Bog Lead Radiocarbon dating Ombrotrophic
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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