Nature Communications (Sep 2016)
Return of naturally sourced Pb to Atlantic surface waters
- Luke Bridgestock,
- Tina van de Flierdt,
- Mark Rehkämper,
- Maxence Paul,
- Rob Middag,
- Angela Milne,
- Maeve C. Lohan,
- Alex R. Baker,
- Rosie Chance,
- Roulin Khondoker,
- Stanislav Strekopytov,
- Emma Humphreys-Williams,
- Eric P. Achterberg,
- Micha J. A. Rijkenberg,
- Loes J. A. Gerringa,
- Hein J. W. de Baar
Affiliations
- Luke Bridgestock
- Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London
- Tina van de Flierdt
- Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London
- Mark Rehkämper
- Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London
- Maxence Paul
- Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London
- Rob Middag
- Department of Chemistry, NIWA/University of Otago Research Centre for Oceanography
- Angela Milne
- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth
- Maeve C. Lohan
- Ocean and Earth Sciences, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton
- Alex R. Baker
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
- Rosie Chance
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
- Roulin Khondoker
- Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London
- Stanislav Strekopytov
- Image and Analysis Centre, Natural History Museum
- Emma Humphreys-Williams
- Image and Analysis Centre, Natural History Museum
- Eric P. Achterberg
- Geomar-Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
- Micha J. A. Rijkenberg
- Department of Ocean Systems (OCS), NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, and Utrecht University
- Loes J. A. Gerringa
- Department of Ocean Systems (OCS), NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, and Utrecht University
- Hein J. W. de Baar
- Department of Ocean Systems (OCS), NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, and Utrecht University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12921
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Anthropogenic lead (Pb) has overwhelmed natural Pb sources for over a century, yet the phasing out of leaded petrol in the early 2000s has renewed hope. Here, Bridgestock et al. use Pd isotopes to reassess the origins of Pd deposited in the tropical North Atlantic and reveal a significant natural source.
