Cadmium Concentrations in Recent Snow and Firn Layers in the Canadian Arctic

• Main Authors: Toxicology, J. O. Nriagu, G. S. Lawson, D. J. Gregor
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: The Agassiz Ice Cap is located in north-central Ellesmere Island; Northwest; Agassiz Ice Cap; Arctic; Canada; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.514.6982; http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/47997/128_2004_Article_BF00195499.pdf;jsessionid=9991CA8EA29C5188D5DC2F03D455803A?sequence=1

It is becoming increasingly evident that long-range transported pollutants can have a devastating effect on the fragile ecosystems ofthe Canadian Arctic region (Muir et al., 1992; Thomas et al., 1992). The phenomenon f Arctic haze which prevails during the late winter-early spring period results in...