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Title: The spatial and temporal distribution of fossilfuel derived pollutants in the sediment record of Lake Baikal, eastern Siberia
Author(s): N. L. Rose, P. G. Appleby, J. F. Boyle, A. W. Mackay, R. J. Flower
Annotation: Spatial and temporal patterns of spheroidal carbonaceous particles (SCP) extracted from lake sediments provide an unambiguous record of the distributions of fossilfuel derived pollutants.When applied to sediment cores taken from Lake Baikal spatial patterns show good agreement with the distribution of industry, with the highest concentrations found in the southern basin nearest to Irkutsk. SCP were found to occur in all cores from all areas of the lake in contrast to metal results where anthropogenically enhanced depositionwas only demonstrable in the southern basin. SCP distribution within the sediments of Lake Baikal is seen to be distinctly regional and therefore long distance transport is not thought to be an important pathway for these pollutants. Temporal patterns of SCP show trends that reflect the development of industry in the area since the 1940s. Settling rates in the 1600 m water column suggest that the SCP sediment record may be approximately an order of magnitude more sensitive to depositional changes than that of trace metals.
Bibliographical description: N. L. Rose, P. G. Appleby, J. F. Boyle, A. W. Mackay, R. J. Flower. The spatial and temporal distribution of fossilfuel derived pollutants in the sediment record of Lake Baikal, eastern Siberia // Journal of Paleolimnology 20: 151–162, 1998.
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