Are Natural or Anthropogenic Factors Influencing Potentially Toxic Elements’ Enrichment in Soils in Proglacial Zones? An Example from Kaffiøyra (Oscar II Land, Spitsbergen)

• Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Main Authors: Joanna Beata Kowalska, Paweł Nicia, Michał Gąsiorek, Paweł Zadrożny, Michał Hubert Węgrzyn, Jarosław Waroszewski
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: arctic soils; anthropogenic influence; pollution indices; polluted sea aerosol; Medicine; R; Arctic; Kaffiøyra; Oscar II; Oscar II Land; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013703; https://doaj.org/article/97645e3d0b9741158df148e364d2c7c3

Arctic soils may hold potentially toxic elements (PTE); PTE can provide evidence of past or recent pollution. In this study, five soil profiles located on Oscar II Land (Kaffiøyra) were studied to (i) evaluate the ecological status of Kaffiøyra’s soils based on the determination of the possible accu...