Lake sediment evidence for long-range air pollution on the Tibetan Plateau

This project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, used 210Pb dated lake sediment cores to assess the historical records of atmospherically deposited pollutants in lakes taken along a transect across the Tibetan Plateau. This project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, used 210Pb dated lake sediment cores to assess the historical records of atmospherically deposited pollutants in lakes taken along a transect across the Tibetan Plateau.

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Environmental Change Research Group

Publications

• Yang, H., Battarbee, R.W., Turner, S.D., Rose, N.L., Derwent, R.G., Wu, G and Yang R. (2010). Historical reconstruction of mercury pollution across the Tibetan Plateau using lake sediments. Environmental Science & Technology 44: 2918-2924.
• Wang, X., Yang, H., Gong, P., Zhao, X., Wu, G., Turner, S., Yao, T. (2010) One century sedimentary records of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, mercury and trace elements in the Qinghai Lake, Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Pollution. 158: 3065-3070.