Airborne radionuclides and heavy metals in high Arctic terrestrial environment as the indicators of sources and transfers of contamination

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: E. Łokas, A. Zaborska, I. Sobota, P. Gaca, J. A. Milton, P. Kocurek, A. Cwanek
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: envir; geo; Arctic; Kaffiøyra; Waldemarbreen; The Cryosphere; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2075-2019; https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/2075/2019/tc-13-2075-2019.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/26edc5a8493a4d979632e6c647db6206

A survey of airborne radioactive isotopes (137Cs, 238Pu, 239+240Pu, 241Am, and 210Pb) and trace metals (Pb, Cu, Zn, Cd, Fe, Al) in tundra soils and cryoconite hole material sampled from several locations in the Kaffiøyra region of Spitsbergen revealed significant variability in spatial concentration...