Seasonal and Spatial Differences in Metal and Metalloid Concentrations in the Snow Cover of Hansbreen, Svalbard

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Koziol, Krystyna, Uszczyk, Aleksander, Pawlak, Filip, Frankowski, Marcin, Polkowska, Żaneta
• Other Authors: Narodowym Centrum Nauki
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2021
• Subjects: glacier; Svalbard
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.538762; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2020.538762/full

Metals and metalloids in snow on glaciers, depending on the season of deposition, may come from various sources: local rock dust (erosion of the geological substratum), marine aerosol, local human activity (e.g., impurities in combusted fuel and waste incineration), and long-range atmospheric transp...