Lead in the western South China Sea: Evidence of atmospheric deposition and upwelling

• Main Authors: Chen, Mengli, Goodkin, Nathalie Fairbank, Boyle, Edward A., Switzer, Adam Douglas, Bolton, Annette
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Pb isotopes; coral
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83837; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41473
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In recent decades, rapid industrial developments have increased lead (Pb) inputs to the South China Sea. To quantify the increasing variability, we investigated 170 years of skeletal Pb and Pb isotopes from an offshore, central Vietnamese coral. The Pb/Ca in the coral was 10–16 nmol/mol before the m...