eprintid: 10151030 rev_number: 10 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/15/10/30 datestamp: 2022-07-01 15:27:15 lastmod: 2023-06-30 06:10:12 status_changed: 2022-07-01 15:27:15 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Lin, Tian creators_name: Han, Yizhen creators_name: Wu, Zilan creators_name: Hu, Limin creators_name: Rose, Neil L creators_name: Guo, Zhigang title: Deposition records of persistent organic pollutants and black carbon in dated sediment cores from China marginal seas: Implications for terrestrial sources and transport processes ispublished: pub divisions: C03 divisions: F26 divisions: B03 divisions: UCL keywords: POPs, BC, Depositional fluxes, Inventory, Transport processes, East China marginal seas note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. abstract: Black carbon (BC) and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were analyzed from three sediment cores collected offshore in the East China Marginal Seas. The results showed steadily increasing or stable BC concentrations and fluxes. By contrast, time trends of POPs fluxes were consistent with historical records of commercial production and use in China. Although the POP inventories decreased significantly with increase in offshore distance, the relatively consistent trends for individual POPs in different sea areas confirmed that the main sources are derived from mainland China and that atmospheric input was an important contribution. POPs inventories decreased by 59–91 % during transport from the Yellow Sea to the remote East China Sea and deposition to the sediment. This suggests that the source signal for POPs may be preserved under stable depositional environments, even though only a fraction of those pollutants are buried in open sea sediments. date: 2022-08 date_type: published publisher: Elsevier BV official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113874 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1963712 doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113874 lyricists_name: Rose, Neil lyricists_id: NLROS84 actors_name: Rose, Neil actors_id: NLROS84 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Marine Pollution Bulletin volume: 181 article_number: 113874 citation: Lin, Tian; Han, Yizhen; Wu, Zilan; Hu, Limin; Rose, Neil L; Guo, Zhigang; (2022) Deposition records of persistent organic pollutants and black carbon in dated sediment cores from China marginal seas: Implications for terrestrial sources and transport processes. Marine Pollution Bulletin , 181 , Article 113874. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113874 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113874>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10151030/2/Rose_Deposition%20records%20of%20persistent%20organic%20pollutants%20and%20black%20carbon%20in%20dated%20sediment%20cores%20from%20China%20marginal%20seas_AAM.pdf