Origin of salt in Antarctic saline lake waters through trace element analysis

The origin of trace elements in Antarctic saline lake waters is still not clear. Waters of five Antarctic saline lake and ponds in the Wright Valley and the Taylor Valley, and one coastal glacier ice were analyzed by the neutron activation method. Three possible origins, connate sea water, rock weat...

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Main Authors: Noriyasu Masuda, Shyu Nakaya, Tetsuya Torii
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University 1984
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
South Pole
Taylor Valley
Wright Valley
Saline Lake
Antarc*
Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research
Polar Research
South pole
Online Access:https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=1655
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Summary:The origin of trace elements in Antarctic saline lake waters is still not clear. Waters of five Antarctic saline lake and ponds in the Wright Valley and the Taylor Valley, and one coastal glacier ice were analyzed by the neutron activation method. Three possible origins, connate sea water, rock weathering and tropospheric aerosol particle, were investigated. The correlations of chemical constituents between the South Pole aerosol particle and the lake and pond waters indicate that trace elements in the Antarctic saline lake and pond waters might have been derived mostly from aerosol particles.

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