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Metal deposition patterns have been examined in sediment cores from three lakes in the Adirondack region of New York (USA). Sequential chemical extraction of Al, Fe, Mn, Pb, and Zn has yielded information on their chemical nature and potential mechanisms involved in their deposition. Results indicate historical changes in watershed chemistry may have influenced metal chemistry in these lakes. Detailed descriptions of the chemical forms of metals in sediments is not possible due to the fact that extraction methods are only operational. However, in two systems known to have been acidified in recent time by acidic deposition (Big Moose L. & Deep L.), concentrations of labile Al (in C1−C4 fraction) increase after 1940–1950, corresponding with lake acidification as inferred from diatom assemblages. Temporal trends in the inputs of Pb in the C1−C4 fraction are also consistent with known historical changes in atmospheric Pb inputs to the region. Chemical stratigraphies of Fe and Mn are most likely dominated by internal biogeochemical cycling within sediments.
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This is the fifth of a series of papers to be published by this journal which is a contribution of the Paleoecological Investigation of Recent Lake Acidification (PIRLA) project. Drs. D.F. Charles and D.R. Whitehead are guest editors for this series.
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White, J.R., Gubala, C.P. Sequentially extracted metals in Adirondack lake sediment cores. J Paleolimnol 3, 243–252 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00219460
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