Airborne radionuclides and heavy metals in high Arctic terrestrial environment as the indicators of sources and transfers of contamination

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: E. Łokas, A. Zaborska, I. Sobota, P. Gaca, J. A. Milton, P. Kocurek, A. Cwanek
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Kaffiøyra; Waldemarbreen; The Cryosphere; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2075-2019; https://doaj.org/article/26edc5a8493a4d979632e6c647db6206

A survey of airborne radioactive isotopes ( 137 Cs, 238 Pu, 239+240 Pu, 241 Am, and 210 Pb) and trace metals (Pb, Cu, Zn, Cd, Fe, Al) in tundra soils and cryoconite hole material sampled from several locations in the Kaffiøyra region of Spitsbergen revealed significant variability in spatial concent...