Lake sediment evidence for long-range air pollution on the Tibetan Plateau
UCL Geography’s Environmental Change Research Group uses lake sediments to track long-range air pollution across the Tibetan Plateau, revealing historical mercury and pollutant deposition trends.
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.
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Facility Manager
Dr Handong Yang
Telephone: 020 7679 0544
handong.yang@ucl.ac.uk
Coordinator
Professor Neil Rose
Telephone: 020 7679 0543
n.rose@ucl.ac.uk
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