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FIGURE CAPTIONS<br />

1. Location maps of the coring sites in Greenland (GL) and Denmark (DK).<br />

2. a) Ash contents (%), dry bulk density (g/cm 3 ), gravimetric (ng/g) and volumetric<br />

(ng/cm 3 ) Hg concentrations in the GL “B” cores (cut into 1 cm slices). b) Ash contents<br />

(%), dry bulk density (g/cm 3 ), gravimetric (ng/cm 3 ) and volumetric (ng/cm3) Hg<br />

concentrations in the DK “B” cores. Selected age dates (from Tables 1 and 2) are<br />

shown for convenience.<br />

3. Age depth relationship in the GL “B” core. a) all samples. b) samples dated using the<br />

bomb pulse curve for 14 C. Age depth relationship in the DK “B” core. a) all samples.<br />

b) samples dated using the bomb pulse curve for 14 C.<br />

4. Mercury accumulation rates (µg/m 2 /yr). a) GL, all samples. b) GL (samples dated<br />

using the bomb pulse curve for 14 C. The upper solid line represents the estimated flux<br />

+ 20%, the lower line the estimated flux - 20%. c) DK samples dated using the bomb<br />

pulse curve for 14 C. The upper empty symbols represent the estimated flux + 20%, the<br />

lower hollow symbols the estimated flux - 20%.<br />

5. a) Pb and As concentrations (µg/g)in the GL and DK cores, and the Pb and As EFs<br />

calculated as described in the text. There is no measurable enrichment of Pb or As in<br />

the surface layers of the GL core. Age dates of the deepest samples from these “A”<br />

cores obtained using 14 C (decay counting, University of Berne) which yielded GL<br />

(>78cm) 3540 ± 30 14 C yr BP and DK (>84cm) 2790 ± 40 14 C yr BP (conventional<br />

radiocarbon yrs BP). b) the atmospheric fluxes of total Pb (solid symbols) and<br />

anthropogenic Pb (hollow symbols) in DK, obtained as described in the text. c) the<br />

percentage of anthropogenic Pb and its temporal evolution in DK.<br />

6. a) Pb concentrations and the isotopic composition of Pb in the exchangeable and<br />

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