(Table 1) Water chemistry of groundwater and snow samples from three sites in Ontario, Canada ...

• Main Authors: Shotyk, William, Krachler, Michael, Aeschbach-Hertig, Werner, Hillier, Stephen, Zheng, Jiancheng
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: Event label; Area/locality; Sample type; DATE/TIME; Sample amount; Silver; Silver, standard deviation; Aluminium; Aluminium, standard deviation; Arsenic; Arsenic, standard deviation; Barium 2+; Barium, standard deviation; Beryllium; Beryllium, standard deviation; Bismuth; Bismuth, standard deviation; Calcium; Calcium, standard deviation; Cadmium; Cadmium, standard deviation; Cobalt; Cobalt, standard deviation; Chromium; Chromium, standard deviation; Copper; Copper, standard deviation; Iron; Iron, standard deviation; Gallium; Gallium, standard deviation; Germanium; Germanium, standard deviation; Lithium; Lithium, standard deviation; Magnesium; Magnesium, standard deviation; Manganese 2+; Manganese, standard deviation; Molybdenum; Molybdenum, standard deviation; Sodium; Sodium, standard deviation; Nickel; Nickel, standard deviation; Phosphorus; Phosphorus, standard deviation; Lead; Lead, standard deviation; Rubidium; IPY
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.836902; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836902

Snow samples collected from hand-dug pits at two sites in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada were analysed for major and trace elements using the clean lab methods established for polar ice. Potentially toxic, chalcophile elements are highly enriched in snow, relative to their natural abundance in crustal rocks, with enrichment factor (EF) values (calculated using Sc) in the range 107 to 1081 for Ag, As, Bi, Cd, Cu, Mo, Pb, Sb, Te, and Zn. Relative to M/Sc ratios in snow, water samples collected at two artesian flows in this area are significantly depleted in Ag, Al, Be, Bi, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Sb, Tl, V, and Zn at both sites, and in Co, Th and Tl at one of the sites. The removal from the waters of these elements is presumably due to such processes as physical retention (filtration) of metal-bearing atmospheric aerosols by organic and mineral soil components as well as adsorption and surface complexation of ionic species onto organic, metal oxyhydroxide and clay mineral surfaces. In the case of Pb, the removal ... : Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150 ...