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Lead Isotopes Combined with Geochemical Baseline in Sediments: A Novel Tool to Trace Anthropogenic Pb Sources

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  • Dongyu Xu

    (State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China
    Department of Water Environment, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China)

  • Bo Gao

    (State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China
    Department of Water Environment, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China)

Abstract

Traditional Pb isotopic identification only based on total Pb concentration and Pb isotopic ratios, resulted in difficulty for tracing Pb sources in the complex environmental medium, especially for sediment. Herein, a novel approach combining with regional geochemical baseline (RGB) and Pb isotopic ratios are used to directly trace anthropogenic Pb sources and calculate Pb source appointments in sediment. In this study, total Pb concentrations and isotopic ratios were analyzed for a 7-m long sediment core (92 sediment samples) collected from a reservoir. RGB of Pb was used to calculate anthropogenic Pb concentrations (R d ), their contributions (C Rd ) and screen the sediments influenced by anthropogenic activities. Among those sediments influenced by anthropogenic activities, a positive correlation was found between 206 Pb/ 207 Pb ratios and R d , indicating there were two anthropogenic Pb sources in sediment. Further source identification using 206 Pb/ 207 Pb and 208 Pb/ 207 Pb indicated that these two anthropogenic Pb sources originated from coal consumption and aerosol input. Finally, C Rd and Pb isotopic ratios were used to calculate these two Pb source appointments (1.13% for coal consumption and 7.53% for aerosol input). This study demonstrated that source identification using RGB and Pb isotopes could be a novel attempt for identifying anthropogenic Pb sources in sediment.

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  • Dongyu Xu & Bo Gao, 2020. "Lead Isotopes Combined with Geochemical Baseline in Sediments: A Novel Tool to Trace Anthropogenic Pb Sources," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(3), pages 1-9, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:3:p:1112-:d:318590
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