Isotopic evidence for the source of lead in Greenland snows since the late 1960s

IN 1969, Murozumi et al. demonstrated that the concentration of lead in Greenland snow had increased by a factor of 200 since ancient times, and concluded that most of this increase was a result of the use of alkyl-leaded petrol. Partly because of these findings, the United States and other western...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1993-03, Vol.362 (6418), p.333-335
Main Authors: Rosman, K. J. R, Chisholm, W, Boutron, C. F, Candelone, J. P, Görlach, U
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