Antarctic-wide array of high-resolution ice core records reveals pervasive lead pollution began in 1889 and persists today

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mcconnell, J R ^a   Maselli, O J ^a   Sigl, M ^a   Vallelonga, P ^b   Neumann, T ^c   Anschutz H ^d   Bales, R C ^e   Curran, M A J ^f   Das, S B ^g   Edwards, R ^h   Kipfstuhl, S ⁱ   Layman, L ^a   Thomas, E R ^j  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^g WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^h CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^j BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; LEAD; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ANTARCTICA; ECOSYSTEM; HISTORY; HUMAN; POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; ICE; LEAD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84905251787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05848     Document Type: Article

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