(Table 2) Major ion ratios of different ground ice types on Herschel Island

(Na+K)/Ca and Cl/HCO3 ratios greater than unity indicate an enrichment of ions with a likely marine origin derived from salt spray or dissolution from sediments with a marine influence.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Fritz, Michael, Wetterich, Sebastian, Meyer, Hanno, Schirrmeister, Lutz, Lantuit, Hugues, Pollard, Wayne H
Format:	Dataset
Language:	English
Published:	PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2011
Subjects:	Event label Latitude of event Longitude of event Ice type Sample amount Sodium and Potassium/Calcium ratio Chloride/Bicarbonate ratio Multiple investigations ICP-OES, Inductively coupled plasma - optical emission spectrometry Ion chromatography DX-320 Dionex Corp. CA-Land_2006_YukonCoast AWI Arctic Land Expedition Permafrost Research Periglacial Dynamics @ AWI AWI_PerDyn Arctic Herschel Island Ice permafrost
Online Access:	https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.809945 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.809945

Description
Summary:	(Na+K)/Ca and Cl/HCO3 ratios greater than unity indicate an enrichment of ions with a likely marine origin derived from salt spray or dissolution from sediments with a marine influence.