Selenium and Sulfur in a Greenland Ice Sheet: Relation to Fossil Fuel Combustion

In the combustion of fossil fuels, selenium is mobilized in the atmosphere to a much lesser extent than is sulfur. This difference is ascribed to the chemical behavior of their respective tetravalent oxides. The ratio of selenium to sulfur in glacial ice is characteristic of terrestrial matter, and...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Weiss, Herbert V., Koide, Minoru, Goldberg, Edward D.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1971
Subjects:
Greenland
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.172.3980.261
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.172.3980.261
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spelling craaas:10.1126/science.172.3980.261 2024-06-09T07:46:22+00:00 Selenium and Sulfur in a Greenland Ice Sheet: Relation to Fossil Fuel Combustion Weiss, Herbert V. Koide, Minoru Goldberg, Edward D. 1971 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.172.3980.261 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.172.3980.261 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 172, issue 3980, page 261-263 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 1971 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.172.3980.261 2024-05-16T12:55:19Z In the combustion of fossil fuels, selenium is mobilized in the atmosphere to a much lesser extent than is sulfur. This difference is ascribed to the chemical behavior of their respective tetravalent oxides. The ratio of selenium to sulfur in glacial ice is characteristic of terrestrial matter, and these elements may find their way to ice sheets by the formation of volatile compounds in biochemical processes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Ice Sheet AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Greenland Science 172 3980 261 263
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description In the combustion of fossil fuels, selenium is mobilized in the atmosphere to a much lesser extent than is sulfur. This difference is ascribed to the chemical behavior of their respective tetravalent oxides. The ratio of selenium to sulfur in glacial ice is characteristic of terrestrial matter, and these elements may find their way to ice sheets by the formation of volatile compounds in biochemical processes.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Weiss, Herbert V.
Koide, Minoru
Goldberg, Edward D.
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Koide, Minoru
Goldberg, Edward D.
Selenium and Sulfur in a Greenland Ice Sheet: Relation to Fossil Fuel Combustion
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Koide, Minoru
Goldberg, Edward D.
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title Selenium and Sulfur in a Greenland Ice Sheet: Relation to Fossil Fuel Combustion
title_short Selenium and Sulfur in a Greenland Ice Sheet: Relation to Fossil Fuel Combustion
title_full Selenium and Sulfur in a Greenland Ice Sheet: Relation to Fossil Fuel Combustion
title_fullStr Selenium and Sulfur in a Greenland Ice Sheet: Relation to Fossil Fuel Combustion
title_full_unstemmed Selenium and Sulfur in a Greenland Ice Sheet: Relation to Fossil Fuel Combustion
title_sort selenium and sulfur in a greenland ice sheet: relation to fossil fuel combustion
publisher American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
publishDate 1971
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https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.172.3980.261
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