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Dynamic changes in certain bog ecosystems together with environmental trace elements may be utilized to reconstruct the history of atmospheric chemicals deposited on the terrestrial biosphere. Cores collected from ombrotrophic bogs in eastern New York, western Pennsylvania and western Virginia were dated using the Pb-210 method and analyzed for 34 elements by neutron activation analysis. The fallout Cs-137 profiles were utilized to cross check the Pb-210 dates assigned for each layer and to estimate the transport of mobile elements similar to Cs. A canparison has been made between the relative enrichment factors of the elements accumulated at different times since 1800 on the dated peat bog layers and the crustal abundance of elements compared to Al. At the PA site, relative enrichments of greater than 100 times are found for Cl, N, S and Br; relative enrichments of 10 to 40 times are found for Pb, Ca and Sb. At the NY site, generally lcwer relative enrichments are found with values of 10 to 40 times for Cl, Cr, and Mn and less than 10 times for N and S.
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Schell, W.R., Sanchez, A.L., Granlund, C. (1986). New Data from Peat Bogs May Give a Historical Perspective on Acid Deposition. In: Martin, H.C. (eds) Acidic Precipitation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3385-9_40
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