Short-term fluctuations in heavy metal concentrations in Antarctic snow
Heavy metal variations in polar ice cores may reflect changes in global airborne pollution1. Reported profiles from Antarctica1–3 and Greenland4, where sampling resolution was normally larger than a year, have shown a much greater variability than can be reasonably accounted for by variations in the...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:524685 2023-05-15T13:41:44+02:00 Short-term fluctuations in heavy metal concentrations in Antarctic snow Landy, Michael P. Peel, David A. 1981 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524685/ https://doi.org/10.1038/291144a0 unknown Landy, Michael P.; Peel, David A. 1981 Short-term fluctuations in heavy metal concentrations in Antarctic snow. Nature, 291 (5811). 144-146. https://doi.org/10.1038/291144a0 <https://doi.org/10.1038/291144a0> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 1981 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1038/291144a0 2023-02-04T19:49:01Z Heavy metal variations in polar ice cores may reflect changes in global airborne pollution1. Reported profiles from Antarctica1–3 and Greenland4, where sampling resolution was normally larger than a year, have shown a much greater variability than can be reasonably accounted for by variations in the annually smoothed emissions of anthropogenic sources and most natural sources. Volcanism has been invoked4 to account for major features. We now report data from a finely resolved sample sequence from a remote plateau region of the Antarctic Peninsula. Variations of similar magnitude to those reported for longer time series occur also on the scale of seasonal changes and even of single snowfalls; these must be controlled by meteorological processes. We conclude that changes in large-scale transport processes and depositional mechanisms on longer tune scales may have as important a role as emission rates in generating the concentration profiles observed in deeper ice cores. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Nature 291 5811 144 146 |
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Heavy metal variations in polar ice cores may reflect changes in global airborne pollution1. Reported profiles from Antarctica1–3 and Greenland4, where sampling resolution was normally larger than a year, have shown a much greater variability than can be reasonably accounted for by variations in the annually smoothed emissions of anthropogenic sources and most natural sources. Volcanism has been invoked4 to account for major features. We now report data from a finely resolved sample sequence from a remote plateau region of the Antarctic Peninsula. Variations of similar magnitude to those reported for longer time series occur also on the scale of seasonal changes and even of single snowfalls; these must be controlled by meteorological processes. We conclude that changes in large-scale transport processes and depositional mechanisms on longer tune scales may have as important a role as emission rates in generating the concentration profiles observed in deeper ice cores. |
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