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Delineating the Source of Lead in the Urban Atmospheric Dust Based on Stable Isotopic Ratio: A Case Study from Panzhihua City of Southwest China
Author(s) -
WANG Jinjin,
HUANG Yi,
LIU Rui,
CHENG Xin,
LONG Zhijie
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/1755-6724.13842
Subject(s) - china , chinese academy of sciences , geography , library science , archaeology , computer science
Atmospheric lead pollution is a global problem. Mining, coal mining, iron and steel smelting, and chemical and coal-fired power plants are major industries in Panzhihua City, Southwest China. Many toxic and harmful heavy metals, including Pb, are emitted in production activities. Pb seriously affects human health and natural ecosystems. Thus, Pb source tracing is important for Pb pollution control (Souto-Oliveira et al., 2018; Zhao et al., 2015). We carried out Pb isotopic compositions analyses of the lead sources in the atmospheric dust fall in Panzhihua City for the first time in order to provide the scientific basis for the prevention and control of atmospheric heavy metal pollution in Panzhihua City.