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: Kowalska, Joanna Beata, Nicia, Paweł, Gąsiorek, Michał, Zadrożny, Paweł, Węgrzyn, Michał Hubert, Waroszewski, Jarosław
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: Article; Arctic; Kaffiøyra; Oscar II; Oscar II Land; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603001/; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013703

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...