Seeking the Sources of Dust: Geochemical and Magnetic Studies on “Cryodust” in Glacial Cores from Southern Spitsbergen (Svalbard, Norway)

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Marek Lewandowski, Monika A. Kusiak, Tomasz Werner, Adam Nawrot, Barbara Barzycka, Michał Laska, Bartłomiej Luks
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Svalbard; Spitsbergen; glacier core; mineralogy; magnetism; dust sources; aerosol; Nordaustlandet; Norway; Svalbard Archipelago; glacier; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11121325

Natural mineral particulate matter deposited from aerosols and trapped in glaciers—herein defined as “cryodust”—may be an excellent indicator of atmospheric circulation, if terrestrial sources of dust can be identified. In this study, we analyzed the composition of cryodust in shallow ice cores take...