Evidence for increasing anthropogenic Pb concentrations in Indian shelf sediments during the last century.

Chakraborty, Sucharita, Chakraborty, Parthasarathi, Hathorne, Ed , Sarkar, Arindan, Linsy, P., Frank, Martin and Nath, B. Nagender (2021) Evidence for increasing anthropogenic Pb concentrations in Indian shelf sediments during the last century. Science of the Total Environment, 760 . Art.Nr. 143833. DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143833.

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Abstract

Highlights

• India is industrializing rapidly with significant releases of Pb.
• Increase in anthropogenic Pb input to Indian shelf occurred over last 40 years.
• Sediment leachate Pb isotopes used to assess anthropogenic Pb inputs
• Sources of Pb in eastern and western shelves of India were different.
• Inland coal combustion and heavy industries are major sources of Pb.

India is industrializing rapidly and with this there comes higher releases of contaminants into the environment. Change in Pb deposition over the last century on the eastern (off Andhra Pradesh) and western (off Karnataka) shelves of India was investigated based on the data extracted from two sediment cores covering the past ~114 and ~145 yrs. The variations of the total Pb content, its enrichment factor, and concentrations of non-residual Pb in both the sediment cores document that there was a gradual increase in anthropogenic Pb input into the coastal sediments of India over the last century. Sediment leachates were used to monitor the increase in anthropogenic Pb input and its Pb isotope composition. The anthropogenic end member composition of the western shelf sediment location (206Pb/207Pb: 1.105; 206Pb/208Pb: 2.149) was significantly less radiogenic than the eastern shelf isotopic composition (206Pb/207Pb: 1.145; 206Pb/208Pb:2.120). A binary mixing model suggests that Pb emitted from the heavy industries (e.g., ore mining, Pb processing and smelting plants) of India has been the major source of anthropogenic Pb to the sediments of western continental shelf. In contrast, the isotopic signatures suggest that coal combustion is responsible for elevated anthropogenic Pb levels in the sediments from the eastern shelf of India.

Document Type: Article
Keywords: Anthropogenic Pb, Coastal sediment, Historical deposition, Pb in coal, Radiogenic Pb isotopes
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics > FB1-P-OZ Paleo-Oceanography
Main POF Topic: PT2: Ocean and Cryosphere
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Elsevier
Date Deposited: 04 Jan 2021 07:33
Last Modified: 07 Feb 2024 15:38
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/51356

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