Seasonal and Spatial Differences in Metal and Metalloid Concentrations in the Snow Cover of Hansbreen, Svalbard

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Krystyna Koziol, Aleksander Uszczyk, Filip Pawlak, Marcin Frankowski, Żaneta Polkowska
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: Svalbard; Arctic; spatial distribution; snow; heavy metals; trace elements; Science; Q; Hansbreen; glacier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.538762; https://doaj.org/article/5747f4b5e7e941c1b59885c1aaff7341

Metals and metalloids in snow on glaciers, depending on the season of deposition, may come from various sources: local rock dust (erosion of the geological substratum), marine aerosol, local human activity (e.g., impurities in combusted fuel and waste incineration), and long-range atmospheric transp...