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Remobilization of trace elements by forest fire in Patagonia,Chile
Authors:Kingsley?O.?Odigie  author-information"  >  author-information__contact u-icon-before"  >  mailto:kodigie@ucsc.edu"   title="  kodigie@ucsc.edu"   itemprop="  email"   data-track="  click"   data-track-action="  Email author"   data-track-label="  "  >Email author,Ethel?Khanis,Sharon?A.?Hibdon,Patricia?Jana,Alberto?Araneda,Roberto?Urrutia,A.?Russell?Flegal
Affiliation:1.WIGS Laboratory, Environmental Toxicology,University of California at Santa Cruz,Santa Cruz,USA;2.Group of Paleolimnological Studies (GEP), Aquatic Systems Research Unit, Environmental Sciences Center EULA-Chile,University of Concepcion,Concepción,Chile
Abstract:Temporal changes in the amounts of trace elements (As, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) and their correlations with temporal changes in charcoal abundance in age-dated sediments collected from Lake Thompson in Patagonia, Chile, attest to the substantial pyrogenic remobilization of contaminants that occurred in Patagonia during the mid-1900s. This remobilization was concurrent with the extensive slash and burn period in the region during that period. The changes in concentrations of Co, Cu, and Ni in relation to charcoal abundance in the lacustrine sediments over time were small compared to those of As, Mn, Pb, and Zn. However, the relatively low enrichment factors of all those trace elements, normalized to Fe, indicate that they were predominantly derived from local, natural sources impacted by fires rather than industrial sources. The primarily local source of Pb in the sediments was corroborated by the temporal consistency of its isotopic ratios (206Pb/207Pb:208Pb/206Pb), which were similar to previously reported values for natural lead in Central and Southern Chile. However, the pyrogenic remobilization of both natural and industrial trace elements by forest fires in Chile and elsewhere is expected to rise as a consequence of climate change, which is projected to increase both the frequency and intensity of forest fires on a global scale.
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