Anthropogenic trace metals in an ice core at Vestfonna, Svalbard, Norway

• Main Authors: Matoba, Sumito, Motoyama, Hideaki, Narita, H, Watanabe, Okitsugu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2003
• Subjects: Svalbard; Norway; Nordaustlandet; Laki; Vestfonna; Advances in Polar Science; Ice cap; ice core; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2252/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2252/1/A200301004.pdf

A 211 m depth ice core observation was carried out at the top of the Vestfonna Ice Cap in Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, Norway in 1995. Chronology of the ice core was determined by tritium analysis and comparison to the volcanic eruption of Laki; the resulting accumulation rate is 0.34 - 0.35 m water eq...