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GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 74, Issue 16, Pages 4629-4638Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.05.017
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- NSF [OCE-0325031, OCE-0220978, OCE-0321402, OCE-0728930, ARC-0612538]
- CNSF [40776042]
- Directorate For Geosciences [0821303] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Ocean Sciences [0821303] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The absence of accurate measurements of lead (Pb) isotopic composition in the North Pacific abyssal water has made it difficult to assess the relative importance of what are believed to be the two major Pb sources: the natural PI) introduced during preindustrial time and recent anthropogenic Pb resulting from leaded gasoline combustion and high temperature industrial activities. Here we report a vertical profile of seawater Pb-206/Pb-27 ratio and a meridional section of Pb concentration in the North Pacific Ocean. We observe 2-3-fold increases in Pb concentration along the deep-water flow path and a deep-water Pb-206/Pb-207 ratio (similar to 1.188) substantially lower than the pre-industrial value (similar to 1.210). These data suggest that anthropogenic Pb has invaded the North Pacific abyssal water and become the predominant Pb source there. A simple model calculation based on these data indicates that the anthropogenic Pb is transported to the deep ocean by sinking particles and that this Pb vertical flux has a Pb-206/Pb-207 ratio that decreased during the past two centuries. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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