Hydrogeochemistry of Greenlandic proglacial and nonglacial streams
This project assesses how weathering varies across deglacial and proglacial watersheds in western and southern Greenland to evaluate the impact of ice sheet retreat on isotopic and nutrient fluxes to the ocean and atmospheric CO2 exchange. Deglacial watersheds are separated from the ice sheet by hyd...
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dataone:urn:uuid:da29e478-9980-4335-8154-8f2e528b1e81 2024-06-03T18:46:51+00:00 Hydrogeochemistry of Greenlandic proglacial and nonglacial streams Andrea Pain Martin Jonathan Ellen Martin Shaily Rahman Watson River, Greenland Lake Helen watershed, Greenland Sisimiut watersheds, Greenland Quornup Kua watershed, Greenland Kiagtut Sermiat watershed, Greenland ENVELOPE(-50.68259,-50.05655,67.15853,67.00917) BEGINDATE: 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:da29e478-9980-4335-8154-8f2e528b1e81 unknown Arctic Data Center Dataset 2019 dataone:urn:node:ARCTIC 2024-06-03T18:16:01Z This project assesses how weathering varies across deglacial and proglacial watersheds in western and southern Greenland to evaluate the impact of ice sheet retreat on isotopic and nutrient fluxes to the ocean and atmospheric CO2 exchange. Deglacial watersheds are separated from the ice sheet by hydrologic divides and drain only annual snow and permafrost melt, while proglacial watersheds convey supraglacial and subglacial water to the ocean. Previous studies of high latitude weathering focused almost exclusively on proglacial and subglacial systems; however, preliminary work suggests deglacial watersheds in western Greenland transport similar volumes of water with higher solute concentrations than the proglacial system, and weathering extent increases from inland to the coast. Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) retreat will increase the areal extent of deglacial watersheds, particularly those with coastal weathering characteristics, thereby altering weathering fluxes. This project aims to test the hypothesis that differences in weathering reactions and extent within deglacial, and between deglacial and proglacial environments, will produce predictable changes in isotopic, solute and nutrient fluxes as the ice sheet retreats. We compare stream discharge and water chemistry between Greenlandic proglacial and nonglacial streams during the spring (2017), summer (2018) and fall (2017) melt seasons between two rivers directly draining the Greenland Ice Sheet (proglacial rivers) and six streams draining deglaciated catchments that are disconnected from the ice (nonglacial streams). This dataset includes DOC and CDOM characteristics analyzed with spectroscopic (UV (ultraviolet) absorbance and fluorescence) measurements, biogeochemical solute concentrations, major cations and anions, trace metals, radiogenic isotopes, and stream discharge information. Dataset Greenland greenlandic Ice Ice Sheet permafrost Sisimiut Arctic Data Center (via DataONE) Greenland Sisimiut ENVELOPE(-53.674,-53.674,66.939,66.939) ENVELOPE(-50.68259,-50.05655,67.15853,67.00917) |
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This project assesses how weathering varies across deglacial and proglacial watersheds in western and southern Greenland to evaluate the impact of ice sheet retreat on isotopic and nutrient fluxes to the ocean and atmospheric CO2 exchange. Deglacial watersheds are separated from the ice sheet by hydrologic divides and drain only annual snow and permafrost melt, while proglacial watersheds convey supraglacial and subglacial water to the ocean. Previous studies of high latitude weathering focused almost exclusively on proglacial and subglacial systems; however, preliminary work suggests deglacial watersheds in western Greenland transport similar volumes of water with higher solute concentrations than the proglacial system, and weathering extent increases from inland to the coast. Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) retreat will increase the areal extent of deglacial watersheds, particularly those with coastal weathering characteristics, thereby altering weathering fluxes. This project aims to test the hypothesis that differences in weathering reactions and extent within deglacial, and between deglacial and proglacial environments, will produce predictable changes in isotopic, solute and nutrient fluxes as the ice sheet retreats. We compare stream discharge and water chemistry between Greenlandic proglacial and nonglacial streams during the spring (2017), summer (2018) and fall (2017) melt seasons between two rivers directly draining the Greenland Ice Sheet (proglacial rivers) and six streams draining deglaciated catchments that are disconnected from the ice (nonglacial streams). This dataset includes DOC and CDOM characteristics analyzed with spectroscopic (UV (ultraviolet) absorbance and fluorescence) measurements, biogeochemical solute concentrations, major cations and anions, trace metals, radiogenic isotopes, and stream discharge information. |
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Andrea Pain Martin Jonathan Ellen Martin Shaily Rahman Hydrogeochemistry of Greenlandic proglacial and nonglacial streams |
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Andrea Pain Martin Jonathan Ellen Martin Shaily Rahman |
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Hydrogeochemistry of Greenlandic proglacial and nonglacial streams |
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Hydrogeochemistry of Greenlandic proglacial and nonglacial streams |
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Hydrogeochemistry of Greenlandic proglacial and nonglacial streams |
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Hydrogeochemistry of Greenlandic proglacial and nonglacial streams |
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Hydrogeochemistry of Greenlandic proglacial and nonglacial streams |
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hydrogeochemistry of greenlandic proglacial and nonglacial streams |
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Watson River, Greenland Lake Helen watershed, Greenland Sisimiut watersheds, Greenland Quornup Kua watershed, Greenland Kiagtut Sermiat watershed, Greenland ENVELOPE(-50.68259,-50.05655,67.15853,67.00917) BEGINDATE: 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z ENDDATE: 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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ENVELOPE(-53.674,-53.674,66.939,66.939) ENVELOPE(-50.68259,-50.05655,67.15853,67.00917) |
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Greenland Sisimiut |
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Greenland Sisimiut |
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Greenland greenlandic Ice Ice Sheet permafrost Sisimiut |
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Greenland greenlandic Ice Ice Sheet permafrost Sisimiut |
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