Assessing the Anthropocene with geochemical methods
Abstract
Anthropogenic chemical contamination is one of the most evident signals of human influence on the environment. The large amounts of industrially produced pollutants that have been introduced, over decades, into air, soil and water have caused modifications to natural elemental cycling. Anthropogenic contamination usually leads to enrichment in many elements, particularly in industrial areas. Thus, certain elements and their isotopes can be used as geochemical tracers of anthropogenic impact. Some human-induced changes in the environment may be regarded as a secondary effect of pollution, such as acidification, which causes increased geochemical mobility of several trace elements in surficial deposits. Methods used by geochemists to assess the scale of anthropogenic influence on the environment include calculations of anthropogenic influence on the environment via enrichment and contamination factors, geoaccumulation index and pollution load index. The use of geochemical background levels for delineating between natural and anthropogenic pollution is important. A historical perspective of anthropogenic contamination, allied with isotopic and geochemical signatures in dated sediment cores, may be applied to help define the Anthropocene.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
Industrial metals such as Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb and Zn have been widely and rapidly dispersed since the mid-20th century, although many show much earlier and markedly diachronous signals associated with expansion of mineral extraction and processing.
“Industrial metals such as Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb and Zn have been widely and rapidly dispersed since the mid-20 th century, although many show much earlier and markedly diachronous signals associated with expansion of mineral extraction and processing ( 47, 58 ).”
From The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene (2016) · cites this paper as [58]
Cites
An ecological risk index for aquatic pollution control.a sedimentological approach
Håkanson, L. (1980) · Water Research · doi:10.1016/0043-1354(80)90143-8 · Cited by 9,754 · see citing works
Composition of the Continental Crust
Rudnick, R. L., & Gao, S. (2003) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b0-08-043751-6/03016-4 · Cited by 9,404 · see citing works
The composition of the continental crust
Wedepohl, K. H. (1995) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/0016-7037(95)00038-2 · Cited by 6,388 · see citing works
Distribution of the Elements in Some Major Units of the Earth's Crust
Turekian, K. K., & Wedepohl, K. H. (1961) · Geological Society of America Bulletin · doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1961)72[175:doteis]2.0.co;2 · Cited by 5,671 · see citing works
Geological Society London Special Publications
(2018) · Geological Society London Special Publications · doi:10.1144/specpubgsl · Cited by 5,625 · see citing works
Orr, J. C., Fabry, V. J., Aumont, O., Bopp, L., Doney, S. C., Feely, R. A., Gnanadesikan, A., Gruber, N., Ishida, A., Joos, F., et al. (2005) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature04095 · Cited by 4,590 · see citing works
INDEX OF GEOACCUMULATION IN SEDIMENTS OF THE RHINE RIVER
Müller, G. (1969) · GeoJournal · Cited by 4,111 · see citing works
Problems in the assessment of heavy-metal levels in estuaries and the formation of a pollution index
Tomlinson, D., Wilson, J., Harris, C., & Jeffrey, D. (1980) · Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen · doi:10.1007/bf02414780 · Cited by 3,709 · see citing works
GALLOWAY, J. N., ABER, J. D., ERISMAN, J. W., SEITZINGER, S. P., HOWARTH, R. W., COWLING, E. B., & COSBY, B. J. (2003) · BioScience · doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0341:tnc]2.0.co;2 · Cited by 2,973 · see citing works
The Evolution and Future of Earth’s Nitrogen Cycle
Canfield, D. E., Glazer, A. N., & Falkowski, P. G. (2010) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1186120 · Cited by 2,697 · see citing works
The Anthropocene: conceptual and historical perspectives
Steffen, W., Grinevald, J., Crutzen, P., & McNeill, J. (2011) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences · doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.0327 · Cited by 2,411 · see citing works
The Global Carbon Cycle: A Test of Our Knowledge of Earth as a System
Falkowski, P., Scholes, R. J., Boyle, E., Canadell, J., Canfield, D., Elser, J., Gruber, N., Hibbard, K., Högberg, P., Linder, S., et al. (2000) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.290.5490.291 · Cited by 2,177 · see citing works
Wei, B., & Yang, L. (2009) · Microchemical Journal · doi:10.1016/j.microc.2009.09.014 · Cited by 2,051 · see citing works
Bed sediment-associated trace metals in an urban stream, Oahu, Hawaii
Sutherland, R. A. (2000) · Environmental Geology · doi:10.1007/s002540050473 · Cited by 1,930 · see citing works
Geochemistry in Mineral Exploration
Hawkes, H. E., & Webb, J. S. (1963) · Soil Science · doi:10.1097/00010694-196304000-00016 · Cited by 1,483 · see citing works
Abrahim, G. M. S., & Parker, R. J. (2007) · Environmental Monitoring and Assessment · doi:10.1007/s10661-007-9678-2 · Cited by 1,423 · see citing works
Farré, M. L., Pérez, S., Kantiani, L., & Barceló, D. (2008) · TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.trac.2008.09.010 · Cited by 1,009 · see citing works
Handbook of Environmental Isotope Geochemistry
Baskaran, M. (2011) · Advances in isotope geochemistry · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-10637-8 · Cited by 999 · see citing works
On the fate of anthropogenic nitrogen
Schlesinger, W. H. (2008) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0810193105 · Cited by 952 · see citing works
Metal contamination of farming soils affected by industry
Loska, K., Wiechuła, D., & Korus, I. (2003) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/s0160-4120(03)00157-0 · Cited by 933 · see citing works
Global river nutrient export: A scenario analysis of past and future trends
Seitzinger, S. P., Mayorga, E., Bouwman, L., Kroeze, C., Beusen, A. H. W., Billen, G., Drecht, G. V., Dumont, E., Fekete, B. M., Garnier, J. A., et al. (2010) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/2009gb003587 · Cited by 921 · see citing works
Background and threshold: critical comparison of methods of determination
Reimann, C., Filzmoser, P., & Garrett, R. G. (2005) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.11.023 · Cited by 897 · see citing works
Assessing heavy metal contamination in Sado Estuary sediment: An index analysis approach
Caeiro, S., Costa, M. H., Ramos, T. B., Fernandes, F., Silveira, N., Coimbra, A., de Medeiros, G. F., & Paìnho, M. (2005) · Ecological Indicators · doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.02.001 · Cited by 875 · see citing works
The New World of the Anthropocene
Zalasiewicz, J., Williams, M., Steffen, W., & Crutzen, P. J. (2010) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es903118j · Cited by 858 · see citing works
Self-citationHeavy metal pollution of coal mine-affected agricultural soils in the northern part of Bangladesh
Bhuiyan, M. A. H., Parvez, L., Islam, M. A., et al. (2009) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.08.085 · Cited by 856 · see citing works
Lead isotopes in environmental sciences: A review
Komárek, M., Ettler, V., Chrastný, V., & Mihaljevič, M. (2007) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2007.10.005 · Cited by 829 · see citing works
Shifts in Lake N:P Stoichiometry and Nutrient Limitation Driven by Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition
Elser, J. J., Andersen, T., Baron, J. S., Bergström, A., Jansson, M., Kyle, M., Nydick, K. R., Steger, L., & Hessen, D. O. (2009) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1176199 · Cited by 806 · see citing works
Global analysis of river systems: from Earth system controls to Anthropocene syndromes
Meybeck, M. (2003) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2003.1379 · Cited by 789 · see citing works
Clemens Reimann, C., & de Caritat, P. (2004) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.06.011 · Cited by 785 · see citing works
Mahowald, N. M., Jickells, T. D., Baker, A. R., Artaxo, P. E., Benitez‐Nelson, C. R., Bergametti, G., Bond, T. C., Chen, Y., Cohen, D. D., Herut, B., et al. (2008) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/2008gb003240 · Cited by 773 · see citing works
Geochemical background—concept and reality
Reimann, C., & Garrett, R. G. (2005) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.01.047 · Cited by 750 · see citing works
Impacts of sewage irrigation on heavy metal distribution and contamination in Beijing, China
Liu, W., Zhao, J., Ouyang, Z., Söderlund, L., & Liu, G. (2005) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2005.05.042 · Cited by 740 · see citing works
Geochemical background - can we calculate it?
Matschullat, J., Ottenstein, R., & Reimann, C. (2000) · Environmental Geology · doi:10.1007/s002549900084 · Cited by 722 · see citing works
Loska, K., & Wiechuła, D. (2003) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/s0045-6535(03)00187-5 · Cited by 712 · see citing works
The Anthropocene: a new epoch of geological time?
Zalasiewicz, J., Williams, M., Haywood, A., & Ellis, M. (2011) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences · doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.0339 · Cited by 646 · see citing works
Self-citationAnthropogenic origin of positive gadolinium anomalies in river waters
Bau, M., & Dulski, P. (1996) · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · doi:10.1016/0012-821x(96)00127-6 · Cited by 636 · see citing works
Intrinsic Flaws of Element Enrichment Factors (EFs) in Environmental Geochemistry
Clemens Reimann, C., & de Caritat, P. (2000) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es001339o · Cited by 556 · see citing works
Duong, T. T. T., & Lee, B. (2010) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.09.010 · Cited by 544 · see citing works
Clarke, F. W. (2010) · Digital Collections at BYU · Cited by 507 · see citing works
Schuster, P. F., Krabbenhoft, D. P., Naftz, D. L., et al. (2002) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es0157503 · Cited by 505 · see citing works
Aerosol Indirect Effect on Biogeochemical Cycles and Climate
Mahowald, N. M. (2011) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1207374 · Cited by 481 · see citing works
Sediments : Chemistry and Toxicity of In-Place Pollutants
Baudo, R. (2020) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 449 · see citing works
Assessing Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Cd pollution in bottom sediments of Wadi Al-Arab Dam, Jordan
Ghrefat, H., & Yusuf, N. (2006) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.06.043 · Cited by 432 · see citing works
Holtgrieve, G. W., Schindler, D. E., Hobbs, W. O., Leavitt, P. R., Ward, E. J., Bunting, L., Chen, G., Finney, B. P., Gregory-Eaves, I., Holmgren, S., et al. (2011) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1212267 · Cited by 370 · see citing works
Soares, H. M. V. M., Boaventura, R. A. R., Machado, A. A. S. C., et al. (1999) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/s0269-7491(99)00048-2 · Cited by 348 · see citing works
Kulaksız, S., & Bau, M. (2011) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2011.02.018 · Cited by 339 · see citing works
Rashed, M. N. (2010) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.01.147 · Cited by 336 · see citing works
Sources, distribution and variability of airborne trace metals in La Plata City area, Argentina
Bilos, C., Colombo, J. C., Skorupka, C. N., et al. (2001) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/s0269-7491(99)00328-0 · Cited by 331 · see citing works
Dragović, S., Mihailović, N. L., & Gajić, B. (2008) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.02.063 · Cited by 315 · see citing works
Weiss, D. J., Shotyk, W., Appleby, P. G., et al. (1999) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es980882q · Cited by 312 · see citing works
Callender, E. C., & Rice, K. C. (1999) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es990380s · Cited by 298 · see citing works
Heavy metals in urban soils of central Jordan: Should we worry about their environmental risks?
Banat, K. M., Howari, F. M., & Al-Hamad, A. A. (2004) · Environmental Research · doi:10.1016/j.envres.2004.07.002 · Cited by 297 · see citing works
Mohiuddin, K. M., Zakir, H. M., Otomo, K., Sharmin, S., & Shikazono, N. (2009) · International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology · doi:10.1007/bf03326113 · Cited by 292 · see citing works
Zhang, C., Qiao, Q., Piper, J. D. A., et al. (2011) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2011.04.006 · Cited by 283 · see citing works
Nutrient Cycles and Marine Microbes in a CO2-Enriched Ocean
Hutchins, D. A., Mulholland, M. R., & Fu, F. (2009) · Oceanography · doi:10.5670/oceanog.2009.103 · Cited by 271 · see citing works
Vos, W. D., Tarvainen, T., Салминен, Р., et al. (2006) · Cited by 268 · see citing works
Valette-Silver, N. J. (1993) · Estuaries · doi:10.2307/1352796 · Cited by 253 · see citing works
Price, S. J., Ford, J. R., Cooper, A. H., & Neal, C. (2011) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.0296 · Cited by 250 · see citing works
Nair, G. P., Geyer, S. M., Bawendi, M. G., Gabor, N. M., Zhong, Z., Bosnick, K. A., McEuen, P. L., Sukhovatkin, V., Hinds, S., Brzozowski, L., et al. (2011) · Cited by 244 · see citing works
A review of geochemical background concepts and an example using data from Poland
Gałuszka, A. (2006) · Environmental Geology · doi:10.1007/s00254-006-0528-2 · Cited by 229 · see citing works
Self-citationRenberg, I., Brännvall, M.-L., Bindler, R., et al. (2002) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/s0048-9697(02)00032-3 · Cited by 224 · see citing works
Anthropogenic marine radioactivity
Livingston, H. D., & Povinec, P. P. (2000) · Ocean & Coastal Management · doi:10.1016/s0964-5691(00)00054-5 · Cited by 221 · see citing works
Stratigraphy of the Anthropocene
Zalasiewicz, J., Williams, M., Fortey, R. A., Smith, A. Р., Barry, T. L., Coe, A. L., Bown, P. R., Rawson, P. F., Gale, A. S., Gibbard, P. L., et al. (2011) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.0315 · Cited by 219 · see citing works
Self-citationAnthropogenic Disturbance of Element Cycles at the Earth’s Surface
Sen, I. S., & Peucker‐Ehrenbrink, B. (2012) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es301261x · Cited by 215 · see citing works
Distribution of natural and anthropogenic lead in Mediterranean soils
Teutsch, N., Erel, Y., Halicz, L., et al. (2001) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/s0016-7037(01)00607-x · Cited by 213 · see citing works
Tessier, E., Cédric Garnier, A., Mullot, J., Lenoble, V., Arnaud, M., Raynaud, M., & Mounier, S. J. L. (2011) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.07.022 · Cited by 207 · see citing works
Spatial variations of heavy metals contamination in sediments from Odiel river (Southwest Spain)
Bermejo, J. C. S., Beltrán, R., & Gómez‐Ariza, J. L. (2003) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/s0160-4120(02)00147-2 · Cited by 203 · see citing works
Oliva, S. R., & Espinosa, A. (2007) · Microchemical Journal · doi:10.1016/j.microc.2007.01.003 · Cited by 192 · see citing works
The evolution of mass balance models of persistent organic pollutant fate in the environment
Wania, F., & Mackay, D. (1999) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/s0269-7491(99)00093-7 · Cited by 192 · see citing works
Wolfe, A. P., Hobbs, W. O., Birks, H. H., Briner, J. P., Holmgren, S. U., Ingólfsson, Ó., Kaushal, S. S., Miller, G. H., Pagani, M., Saros, J. E., et al. (2013) · Earth-Science Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.11.001 · Cited by 190 · see citing works
Heavy metal pollution in sediments of the Pasvik River drainage
Даувальтер, В. А., & Rognerud, S. (2001) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/s0045-6535(00)00094-1 · Cited by 183 · see citing works
Heavy metal pollution in the Rhine Basin
Stigliani, W. M., Jaffé, P. R., & Anderberg, S. (1993) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es00042a001 · Cited by 177 · see citing works
Thevenon, F., Graham, N. D., Chiaradia, M., et al. (2011) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.025 · Cited by 172 · see citing works
Caliani, J. C. F., Barba-Brioso, C., Gónzalez, I., et al. (2008) · Water Air & Soil Pollution · doi:10.1007/s11270-008-9905-7 · Cited by 169 · see citing works
Assessment of Godavari estuarine mangrove ecosystem through trace metal studies
Ray, A. K., Tripathy, S. C., Patra, S., et al. (2005) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2005.08.014 · Cited by 161 · see citing works
Wet deposition of trace metals to a remote site in Fiordland, New Zealand
Halstead, M. J. R., Cunninghame, R. G., & Hunter, K. A. (2000) · Atmospheric Environment · doi:10.1016/s1352-2310(99)00185-5 · Cited by 156 · see citing works
Impacts of increasing anthropogenic soluble iron and nitrogen deposition on ocean biogeochemistry
Krishnamurthy, A., Moore, J. K., Mahowald, N. M., Luo, C., Doney, S. C., Lindsay, K., & Zender, C. S. (2009) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/2008gb003440 · Cited by 153 · see citing works
Li, X., Liu, L., Wang, Y., et al. (2012) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039690 · Cited by 153 · see citing works
Ancient Sedimentary Environments
SELLEY, R. C. (1988) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-009-1233-5 · Cited by 153 · see citing works
Geochemical background - an environmental perspective
Gałuszka, A., & Migaszewski, Z. M. (2011) · Mineralogia · doi:10.2478/v10002-011-0002-y · Cited by 146 · see citing works
Self-citationBourennane, H., Douay, F., Sterckeman, T., et al. (2010) · Geoderma · doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.04.009 · Cited by 131 · see citing works
Spencer, K. L., Cundy, A. B., & Croudace, I. W. (2003) · Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science · doi:10.1016/s0272-7714(02)00324-4 · Cited by 128 · see citing works
Krishna, A. K., & Govil, P. K. (2007) · Environmental Geology · doi:10.1007/s00254-007-0927-z · Cited by 126 · see citing works
Sediment Quality Objectives and Criteria Development in Germany
Forstner, U., Ahlf, W., & Calmano, W. (1993) · Water Science & Technology · doi:10.2166/wst.1993.0629 · Cited by 126 · see citing works
Acidification of Earth: An assessment across mechanisms and scales
Rice, K. C., & Herman, J. S. (2011) · Applied Geochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.09.001 · Cited by 121 · see citing works
The emergence of stable isotopes in environmental and forensic geochemistry studies: a review
Philp, R. P. (2006) · Environmental Chemistry Letters · doi:10.1007/s10311-006-0081-y · Cited by 117 · see citing works
Top-/bottom-soil ratios and enrichment factors: What do they really show?
Sucharová, J., Suchara, I., Holá, M., et al. (2011) · Applied Geochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.09.025 · Cited by 117 · see citing works
Shotyk, W., Weiss, D., Heisterkamp, M., et al. (2002) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es010196i · Cited by 116 · see citing works
Plutonium isotopes as tracers for ocean processes: A review
Lindahl, P., Lee, S., Worsfold, P. J., & Keith‐Roach, M. J. (2009) · Marine Environmental Research · doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.08.002 · Cited by 110 · see citing works
Vane, C. H., Chenery, S. R., Harrison, I., Kim, A. W., Moss-Hayes, V., & Jones, D. G. (2011) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences · doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.0298 · Cited by 110 · see citing works
Essien, J. P., Antai, S. P., & Olajire, A. A. (2008) · Water Air & Soil Pollution · doi:10.1007/s11270-008-9793-x · Cited by 106 · see citing works
Soils and Global Change in the Carbon Cycle over Geological Time
Retallack, G. J. (2003) · Treatise on Geochemistry · doi:10.1016/b0-08-043751-6/05087-8 · Cited by 105 · see citing works
Nazzal, Y., Rosen, M. A., & Al-Rawabdeh, A. (2012) · Environmental Monitoring and Assessment · doi:10.1007/s10661-012-2672-3 · Cited by 105 · see citing works
Groundwater Acidification and the Mobilization of Trace Metals in a Sandy Aquifer
Kjøller, C., Postma, D., & Larsen, F. (2004) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es030133v · Cited by 104 · see citing works
Hosono, T., Wang, C., Umezawa, Y., Nakano, T., Onodera, S., Nagata, T., Yoshimizu, C., Tayasu, I., & Taniguchi, M. (2010) · Journal of Hydrology · doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.11.025 · Cited by 97 · see citing works
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
(2008) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/acref/9780199211944.001.0001 · Cited by 96 · see citing works
Methods of computation for estimating geochemical abundance
MIESCH, A. T. (1967) · USGS professional paper · doi:10.3133/pp574b · Cited by 93 · see citing works
Evaluation of the anthropogenic influx of metallic pollutants into Puck Bay, southern Baltic
Szefer, P., Glasby, G. P., Kusak, A., et al. (1998) · Applied Geochemistry · doi:10.1016/s0883-2927(97)00098-x · Cited by 93 · see citing works
Airborne Particles in the Urban Environment
Grobéty, B., Gieré, R., Dietze, V., & Stille, P. (2010) · Elements · doi:10.2113/gselements.6.4.229 · Cited by 92 · see citing works
Buckley, D. E., Smith, J. N., & Winters, G. V. (1995) · Applied Geochemistry · doi:10.1016/0883-2927(94)00053-9 · Cited by 91 · see citing works
Anthropogenic modification of the oceans
Tyrrell, T. (2011) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.0334 · Cited by 91 · see citing works
Sediment quality objectives and criteria development in Germany
Förstner, U., Ahlf, W., & Calmano, W. (1993) · tub.dok (Hamburg University of Technology) · doi:10.15480/882.451 · Cited by 90 · see citing works
Mercury in Lake Sediments: a Possible Indicator of Technological Growth
Aston, S. R., Bruty, D., Chester, R., & Padgham, R. C. (1973) · Nature · doi:10.1038/241450a0 · Cited by 82 · see citing works
Gökçekus, H., LaMoreaux, J. W., & Türker, U. (2011) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-540-95991-5 · Cited by 77 · see citing works
Cloy, J. M., Farmer, J. G., Graham, M. C., et al. (2005) · Journal of Environmental Monitoring · doi:10.1039/b510987f · Cited by 75 · see citing works
Antimony: global environmental contaminant
Shotyk, W., Krachler, M., & Chen, B. (2005) · Journal of Environmental Monitoring · doi:10.1039/b515468p · Cited by 75 · see citing works
Sedimentation and chronology of heavy metal pollution in Oslo harbor, Norway
Lepland, A., Andersen, T. J., Lepland, A., Arp, H. P. H., Alve, E., Breedveld, G. D., & Rindby, A. (2010) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.04.017 · Cited by 71 · see citing works
Galán, E., Gónzalez, I., & Caliani, J. C. F. (2002) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/s0048-9697(01)00974-3 · Cited by 70 · see citing works
Using and interpreting isotope data for source identification
Bot, B. L., Oulhote, Y., Deguen, S., et al. (2010) · TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.trac.2010.10.015 · Cited by 61 · see citing works
Radioactive Contamination of the North-western Black Sea Sediments
Гулін, С. Б., Polikarpov, G. G., Егоров, В. Н., et al. (2002) · Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science · doi:10.1006/ecss.2000.0663 · Cited by 61 · see citing works
Mast, M. A., Manthorne, D. J., & Roth, D. A. (2010) · Atmospheric Environment · doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.04.024 · Cited by 48 · see citing works
Huerta-Díaz, M. Á., Delgadillo‐Hinojosa, F., Hernández‐Ayón, J. M., et al. (2008) · Marine Environmental Research · doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.05.008 · Cited by 46 · see citing works
Using and interpreting isotope data for source identification
Oulhote, Y., Bot, B. L., Deguen, S., et al. (2011) · TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.trac.2011.03.001 · Cited by 46 · see citing works
Separating anthropogenic from natural anomalies in environmental geochemistry
Selinus, O., & Esbensen, K. H. (1995) · Journal of Geochemical Exploration · doi:10.1016/0375-6742(95)00034-8 · Cited by 43 · see citing works
Shotyk, W., Chen, B., & Krachler, M. (2005) · Journal of Environmental Monitoring · doi:10.1039/b509928p · Cited by 42 · see citing works
Environmental and Biomedical Applications of Natural Metal Stable Isotope Variations
Bullen, T. D., & Walczyk, T. (2009) · Elements · doi:10.2113/gselements.5.6.381 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
Lichens and atmospheric sulphur: what stable isotopes reveal
Wadleigh, M. A. (2003) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/s0269-7491(03)00247-1 · Cited by 38 · see citing works
The release and persistence of radioactive anthropogenic nuclides
Hancock, G. J., Tims, S. G., Fifield, L. K., & Webster, I. T. (2014) · Geological Society, London, Special Publications · doi:10.1144/sp395.15 · Cited by 38 · see citing works
de Caritat, P., Krouse, H. R., & Hutcheon, I. (1997) · Water Air & Soil Pollution · doi:10.1007/bf02407102 · Cited by 36 · see citing works
Górka, M., Zwolińska, E., Malkiewicz, M., Lewicka‐Szczebak, D., & Jędrysek, M. O. (2011) · Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies · doi:10.1080/10256016.2012.639449 · Cited by 36 · see citing works
A simulation-based approach for estimating premining water quality: Red Mountain Creek, Colorado
Runkel, R. L., Kimball, B. A., Walton‐Day, K., et al. (2007) · Applied Geochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.03.054 · Cited by 35 · see citing works
The isotopic composition of anthropogenic boron and its potential impact on the environment
Vengosh, A. (1998) · Biological Trace Element Research · doi:10.1007/bf02783134 · Cited by 35 · see citing works
A sediment record of trace metal loadings in the Upper Mississippi River
Balogh, S. J., Engstrom, D. R., Almendinger, J. E., et al. (2009) · Journal of Paleolimnology · doi:10.1007/s10933-008-9295-2 · Cited by 33 · see citing works
Díaz-Asencio, M., Alvarado, J. A. C., Alonso-Hernandez, C. M., Cabezas, A. J. Q., Ruíz-Fernández, A. C., Sanchez-Sanchez, M., Gómez-Mancebo, M. B., Froidevaux, P., & Sánchez-Cabeza, J.-A. (2011) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.09.037 · Cited by 33 · see citing works
Stable carbon isotope ratios of POPs — A tracer that can lead to the origins of pollution
Vetter, W., Gaul, S., & Armbruster, W. (2007) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2007.03.010 · Cited by 32 · see citing works
Marx, S. K., & McGowan, H. A. (2010) · Environmental science and engineering · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-12278-1_6 · Cited by 30 · see citing works
Négrel, P., Blessing, M., Millot, R., et al. (2012) · TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.trac.2012.03.017 · Cited by 26 · see citing works
Mil-Homens, M., Branco, V., Lopes, C., et al. (2008) · Water Air & Soil Pollution · doi:10.1007/s11270-008-9810-0 · Cited by 25 · see citing works
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
O’Reilly, W. (1980) · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors · doi:10.1016/0031-9201(80)90088-6 · Cited by 24 · see citing works
On the Reversibility of Environmental Contamination with Persistent Organic Pollutants
Choi, S., & Wania, F. (2011) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es2017544 · Cited by 24 · see citing works
The present understanding of Earth’s global anthrobiogeochemical metal cycles
Rauch, J. N. (2011) · Mineral Economics · doi:10.1007/s13563-011-0011-8 · Cited by 24 · see citing works
“Environmental Isotope Geochemistry”: Past, Present and Future
Baskaran, M. (2011) · Advances in isotope geochemistry · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-10637-8_1 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
Ahmed, F., Bibi, M. H., Fukushima, T., et al. (2010) · Environmental Monitoring and Assessment · doi:10.1007/s10661-010-1379-6 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
Górka, M., ̧drysek, M.-O. J., & Strąpoć, D. (2008) · Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies · doi:10.1080/10256010802066307 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
Discriminating between background and mine-impacted groundwater at the Phoenix mine, Nevada USA
Davis, A., Heatwole, K. K., Greer, B. M., et al. (2010) · Applied Geochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.12.007 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
Balkıs, N. Ç., Balkıs, N., Aktan, Y., et al. (2012) · Marine Pollution Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.04.012 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
Geobiology of the Anthropocene
Schrag, D. P. (2012) · doi:10.1002/9781118280874.ch22 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
Radiochronological Methods as Tools to Study Environmental Pollution
Erten, H. N. (2010) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-540-95991-5_96 · Cited by 3 · see citing works
Flagged first, then by citations
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Lewis, S. L., & Maslin, M. A. (2015) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature14258 · Cited by 3,441 · see citing works
The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene
Waters, C. N., Zalasiewicz, J., Summerhayes, C., Barnosky, A. D., Poirier, C., Gałuszka, A., Cearreta, A., Edgeworth, M., Ellis, E. C., Ellis, M., et al. (2016) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aad2622 · Cited by 2,375 · see citing works
Self-citationWhen did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal
Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C. N., Williams, M., Barnosky, A. D., Cearreta, A., Crutzen, P., Ellis, E., Ellis, M. A., Fairchild, I. J., Grinevald, J., et al. (2015) · Quaternary International · doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.11.045 · Cited by 784 · see citing works
Self-citationCan an Anthropocene Series be defined and recognized?
Zalasiewicz, J., Williams, M., & Waters, C. N. (2014) · Geological Society, London, Special Publications · doi:10.1144/sp395.16 · Cited by 51 · see citing works
Self-citationThe mineral signature of the Anthropocene in its deep-time context
Zalasiewicz, J., Kryza, R., & Williams, M. (2014) · Geological Society, London, Special Publications · doi:10.1144/sp395.2 · Cited by 43 · see citing works
Self-citation
- Authors
- Gałuszka, A., Migaszewski, Z. M., & Zalasiewicz, J.
- Affiliations
- Jan Kochanowski University (PL)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- Venue
- Geological Society, London, Special Publications
- Publisher
- Geological Society of London
- Published
- 2013-10-24
- Volume
- 395
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 221-238
- ISSN
- 0305-8719 (ISSN-L)
- 2041-4927
- OpenAlex
- W2005134167
- Cited by
- 66
- References
- 138
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 2.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Geological Society London Special Publications (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Heavy metals in environment
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Coal and Its By-products
- Keywords
- Anthropocene, anthropogenic pollution, geochemical tracers, elemental enrichment, geoaccumulation index, pollution load index, contamination factor, geochemical background, acidification, trace element mobility, sediment core, isotopic signatures, industrial pollution
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
