Study of trace elements, natural organic matter and selected environmental toxicants in soil at Mitrahalvøya, to establish bias correction for studies of long-range atmospheric transported pollutants in Ny-Ålesund

• Main Author: Weging, Sylvia
• Other Authors: Mikkelsen, Øyvind, Aguilar Alarcon, Patricia
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: NTNU 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Brøggerhalvøya; Kiærstranda; Mitrahalvøya; Norway; Ny-Ålesund; Svalbard; Arctic Archipelago; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2785494

The Arctic archipelago Svalbard is an important receptor for long-range atmospheric transported contaminants. However, local emission sources exist as well, but have been only documented in few studies. Accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) along with gas chromatography (GC) coupled to single quadrup...