@article{fdi:010064086,
  title = {{L}ead concentrations and isotope ratios in speleothems as proxies for atmospheric metal pollution since the industrial revolution},
  author = {{A}llan, {M}. and {F}agel, {N}. and {V}an {R}ampelbergh, {M}. and {B}aldini, {J}. and {R}iotte, {J}ean and {C}heng, {H}. and {E}dwards, {R}. {L}. and {G}illikin, {D}. and {Q}uinif, {Y}. and {V}erheyden, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{L}ead concentrations and isotope ratios from two speleothems from the {H}an-sur-{L}esse cave in southern {B}elgium were measured in order to study the ability of speleothems to act as archives of atmospheric pollution. {T}o address this aim we analyzed trace elemental {A}l and {P}b compositions by {LA}-{ICP}-{MS} and {ICP}-{MS} as well as {P}b isotopes by {MC}-{ICP}-{MS}. {T}he results help to identify three intervals characterized by particularly high enrichment of {P}b: from 1880 to 1905 {AD}, from 1945 to 1965 {AD}, and from 1975 to 1990 {AD}. {T}he speleothem record shows similar changes as the known historical atmospheric pollution level in {B}elgium. {L}ead isotope ratios discriminate between {P}b sources and confirm that coal and gasoline combustion, combined with regional metallurgical activities, were the predominant {P}b pollution sources in the stalagmites during the last 250 years. {T}his study opens possibilities to determine anthropogenic versus natural metal sources in well-dated speleothem archives.},
  keywords = {{A}tmospheric pollution ; {T}race metals ; {P}b isotopes ; {S}talagmites ; {W}estern {E}urope ; {EUROPE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}hemical {G}eology},
  volume = {401},
  numero = {},
  pages = {140--150},
  ISSN = {0009-2541},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.02.035},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064086},
}