Lake-sediment evidence for local and remote sources of atmospherically deposited pollutants on Svalbard
This is the seventh in a series of nine papers published in this special issue dedicated to recent environmental change on Svalbard. H.J.B. Birks, Vivienne J. Jones, and Neil L. Rose were guest editors of this special issue. Twenty-one lakes along the west coast of Svalbard were cored between 28 Jul...
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ftunivbergen:oai:bora.uib.no:1956/2477 2023-05-15T15:11:14+02:00 Lake-sediment evidence for local and remote sources of atmospherically deposited pollutants on Svalbard Rose, Neil L. Rose, C. L. Boyle, John F. Appleby, P. G. 2004 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1956/2477 https://doi.org/10.1023/b:jopl.0000022548.97476.39 eng eng Springer urn:issn:1573-0417 https://hdl.handle.net/1956/2477 https://doi.org/10.1023/b:jopl.0000022548.97476.39 Atmospheric deposition Arctic PAH PCB Pollution Spheroidal carbonaceous particles Svalbard Trace metals VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 Peer reviewed Journal article 2004 ftunivbergen https://doi.org/10.1023/b:jopl.0000022548.97476.39 2023-03-14T17:43:12Z This is the seventh in a series of nine papers published in this special issue dedicated to recent environmental change on Svalbard. H.J.B. Birks, Vivienne J. Jones, and Neil L. Rose were guest editors of this special issue. Twenty-one lakes along the west coast of Svalbard were cored between 28 July and 14 August 1995. Five cores were 210Pb dated and analysed for spheroidal carbonaceous particles (SCPs), indicators of deposition from fossil-fuel combustion sources, and trace metals. Surface and pre-industrial levels of five cores were analysed for ten polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) isomers and 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds, whilst all 21 surface sediments were analysed for SCPs. Temporal and spatial trends in the atmospheric deposition of pollutants were identified. Whilst temporal patterns of deposited pollutants may have been truncated due to concentrations falling below the limits of detection, spatial patterns showed elevated levels of SCP, PAH, PCB, and possibly Pb within 60 - 70 km of Isfjord. Tenndammen (U), the closest site to Longyearbyen, showed the highest levels of contamination for all pollutants. Differences in the deposition patterns of PAH and PCB are thought to be due to local sources of PAH from coal combustion whilst PCB sources are remote. It is concluded that the impact from atmospheric deposition on Svalbard is due to a combination of spatially limited local sources superimposed on a broad-scale, long-range pattern. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Isfjord* Longyearbyen Svalbard University of Bergen: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB) Arctic Birks ENVELOPE(-62.163,-62.163,-65.290,-65.290) Isfjord ENVELOPE(-26.917,-26.917,73.333,73.333) Longyearbyen Svalbard Tenndammen ENVELOPE(15.016,15.016,78.098,78.098) |
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Atmospheric deposition Arctic PAH PCB Pollution Spheroidal carbonaceous particles Svalbard Trace metals VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 Rose, Neil L. Rose, C. L. Boyle, John F. Appleby, P. G. Lake-sediment evidence for local and remote sources of atmospherically deposited pollutants on Svalbard |
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This is the seventh in a series of nine papers published in this special issue dedicated to recent environmental change on Svalbard. H.J.B. Birks, Vivienne J. Jones, and Neil L. Rose were guest editors of this special issue. Twenty-one lakes along the west coast of Svalbard were cored between 28 July and 14 August 1995. Five cores were 210Pb dated and analysed for spheroidal carbonaceous particles (SCPs), indicators of deposition from fossil-fuel combustion sources, and trace metals. Surface and pre-industrial levels of five cores were analysed for ten polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) isomers and 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds, whilst all 21 surface sediments were analysed for SCPs. Temporal and spatial trends in the atmospheric deposition of pollutants were identified. Whilst temporal patterns of deposited pollutants may have been truncated due to concentrations falling below the limits of detection, spatial patterns showed elevated levels of SCP, PAH, PCB, and possibly Pb within 60 - 70 km of Isfjord. Tenndammen (U), the closest site to Longyearbyen, showed the highest levels of contamination for all pollutants. Differences in the deposition patterns of PAH and PCB are thought to be due to local sources of PAH from coal combustion whilst PCB sources are remote. It is concluded that the impact from atmospheric deposition on Svalbard is due to a combination of spatially limited local sources superimposed on a broad-scale, long-range pattern. |
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Rose, Neil L. Rose, C. L. Boyle, John F. Appleby, P. G. |
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Lake-sediment evidence for local and remote sources of atmospherically deposited pollutants on Svalbard |
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Lake-sediment evidence for local and remote sources of atmospherically deposited pollutants on Svalbard |
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Lake-sediment evidence for local and remote sources of atmospherically deposited pollutants on Svalbard |
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Lake-sediment evidence for local and remote sources of atmospherically deposited pollutants on Svalbard |
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Lake-sediment evidence for local and remote sources of atmospherically deposited pollutants on Svalbard |
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lake-sediment evidence for local and remote sources of atmospherically deposited pollutants on svalbard |
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ENVELOPE(-62.163,-62.163,-65.290,-65.290) ENVELOPE(-26.917,-26.917,73.333,73.333) ENVELOPE(15.016,15.016,78.098,78.098) |
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Arctic Isfjord* Longyearbyen Svalbard |
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