The polar sulfur cycle in the Werenskioldbreen, Spitsbergen:Possible implications for understanding the deposition of sulfate minerals in the North Polar Region of Mars

• Published in: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
• Main Authors: Szynkiewicz, Anna, Modelska, Magdalena, Buczyński, Sebastian, Borrok, David M., Merrison, Jonathan P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Svalbard; Werenskioldbreen; glacier; Ice cap; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/the-polar-sulfur-cycle-in-the-werenskioldbreen-spitsbergen(caa5ecad-5e9a-47d6-b920-a4276bc592eb).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.12.041; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84873418839&partnerID=8YFLogxK

In this study we investigated the polar cycling of sulfur (S) associated with the Werenskioldbreen glacier in Spitsbergen (Svalbard). Sulfide-derived S comprised 0.02-0.42wt% of the fine-grained fraction of proglacial sediments. These sediments originated from glacial erosion of Precambrian sulfide-...