Hemispheric-scale heavy metal pollution from South American and Australian mining and metallurgy during the Common Era

Dec 12, 2025

Hemispheric-scale heavy metal pollution from South American and Australian mining and metallurgy during the Common Era

McConnell, J. R., Chellman, N. J., Wensman, S. M., Plach, A., Stanish, C., Santibáñez, P., Brugger, S., Eckhardt, S., Freitag, J., Kipfstuhl, S., Stohl, A. (2024). Hemispheric-scale heavy metal pollution from South American and Australian mining and metallurgy during the Common Era, Science of The Total Environment, 912, 169431, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169431

Metallurgy,Toxic heavy metals,Antarctica,Ice core,Common Era,Spanish Colonial