The geographic distribution of strontium isotopes in Danish surface waters – A base for provenance studies in archaeology, hydrology and agriculture

The application of87Sr/86Sr in prehistoric mobility studies requires accurate strontium reference maps. These are often based from present-day surface waters. However, the use of agricultural lime in low to noncalcareous soils can substantially change the87Sr/86Sr compositions of surface waters. Water unaffected by agriculture in western Denmark has an average87Sr/86Sr ratio of 0.7124 as compared to an average of 0.7097 in water from nearby farmland. The87Sr/86Sr ratio obtained from samples over 1.5 km along a stream, which originates in a forest and flows through lime-treated farmland, decreased from 0.7131 to 0.7099. Thus,87Sr/86Sr-based mobility and provenance studies in regions with low to noncalcareous soils should be reassessed. For example, reinterpreting the iconic Bronze Age women at Egtved and Skrydstrup using values unaffected by agricultural lime indicates that it is most plausible that these individuals originated close to their burial sites and not far abroad as previously suggested.

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Strontium isotopes in otoliths of a non-migratory fish (slimy sculpin): Implications for provenance studies

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ◽

10.1016/j.gca.2014.10.032 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 149 ◽

pp. 32-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Sean R. Brennan ◽

Diego P. Fernandez ◽

Christian E. Zimmerman ◽

Thure E. Cerling ◽

Randy J. Brown ◽

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Keyword(s):

Strontium Isotopes ◽

Migratory Fish ◽

Provenance Studies ◽

Slimy Sculpin

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Radiogenic and “stable” strontium isotopes in provenance studies: A review and first results on archaeological wood from shipwrecks

Journal of Archaeological Science ◽

10.1016/j.jas.2017.09.005 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 86 ◽

pp. 24-49 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Fadi Hajj ◽

Anne Poszwa ◽

Julien Bouchez ◽

François Guérold

Keyword(s):

Strontium Isotopes ◽

Provenance Studies ◽

Archaeological Wood ◽

First Results ◽

Stable Strontium

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ABOUT THE USE OF LEAD AND STRONTIUM ISOTOPES AS TRACERS IN POTTERY PROVENANCE STUDIES

10.1130/abs/2017am-301613 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Virginie Renson ◽

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Hector Neff ◽

David Cheetham ◽

Jeffrey Blomster ◽

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Keyword(s):

Strontium Isotopes ◽

Provenance Studies

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Habitat Association of Klebsiella Species

Infection Control ◽

10.1017/s0195941700062603 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 52-58 ◽

Cited By ~ 111

Author(s):

Susan T. Bagley

Keyword(s):

Drinking Water ◽

Gastrointestinal Tract ◽

Surface Waters ◽

Industrial Effluents ◽

Opportunistic Pathogen ◽

Habitat Associations ◽

Habitat Association ◽

Klebsiella Species ◽

Almost All ◽

Polluted Waters

AbstractThe genus Klebsiella is seemingly ubiquitous in terms of its habitat associations. Klebsiella is a common opportunistic pathogen for humans and other animals, as well as being resident or transient flora (particularly in the gastrointestinal tract). Other habitats include sewage, drinking water, soils, surface waters, industrial effluents, and vegetation. Until recently, almost all these Klebsiella have been identified as one species, ie, K. pneumoniae. However, phenotypic and genotypic studies have shown that “K. pneumoniae” actually consists of at least four species, all with distinct characteristics and habitats. General habitat associations of Klebsiella species are as follows: K. pneumoniae—humans, animals, sewage, and polluted waters and soils; K. oxytoca—frequent association with most habitats; K. terrigena— unpolluted surface waters and soils, drinking water, and vegetation; K. planticola—sewage, polluted surface waters, soils, and vegetation; and K. ozaenae/K. rhinoscleromatis—infrequently detected (primarily with humans).

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Identifying Sources of Sulfate Aerosols Reaching Whiteface Mountain, NY

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100117546 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

pp. 98-101

Author(s):

James S. Webber

Keyword(s):

Trace Metals ◽

Acid Deposition ◽

Surface Waters ◽

Dry Deposition ◽

Coal Combustion ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Sulfate Aerosols ◽

Wet And Dry Deposition ◽

Whiteface Mountain ◽

Toxic Trace Metals

INTRODUCTION“Acid rain” and “acid deposition” are terms no longer confined to the lexicon of atmospheric scientists and 1imnologists. Public awareness of and concern over this phenomenon, particularly as it affects acid-sensitive regions of North America, have increased dramatically in the last five years. Temperate ecosystems are suffering from decreased pH caused by acid deposition. Human health may be directly affected by respirable sulfates and by the increased solubility of toxic trace metals in acidified waters. Even man's monuments are deteriorating as airborne acids etch metal and stone features.Sulfates account for about two thirds of airborne acids with wet and dry deposition contributing equally to acids reaching surface waters or ground. The industrial Midwest is widely assumed to be the source of most sulfates reaching the acid-sensitive Northeast since S02 emitted as a byproduct of coal combustion in the Midwest dwarfs S02 emitted from all sources in the Northeast.

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