Lake-sediment evidence for local and remote sources of atmospherically deposited pollutants on Svalbard

• Main Authors: Rose, NL, Rose, CL, Boyle, JF, Appleby, PG
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL 2004
• Subjects: Arctic; atmospheric deposition; PAH; PCB; pollution; spheroidal carbonaceous particles; Svalbard; trace metals; RECENT ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE; SUMMER AEROSOL; AIR-POLLUTION; HEAVY-METALS; NY-ALESUND; TRANSPORT; RECORD; CONTAMINATION; SPITSBERGEN; PARTICLES; Isfjord; Longyearbyen; Tenndammen; Isfjord*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/133010/

Twenty-one lakes along the west coast of Svalbard were cored between 28 July and 14 August 1995. Five cores were Pb-210 dated and analysed for spheroidal carbonaceous particles (SCPs), indicators of deposition from fossil-fuel combustion sources, and trace metals. Surface and pre-industrial levels o...