Nitrate analysis of snow and ice core samples collected in the vicinity of a waste detonation event, McMurdo Station, Antarctica

• Main Authors: White, G. J., Lugar, R. M., Crockett, A. B.
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation (U.S.)
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Idaho National Engineering Laboratory 1994
• Subjects: 540250; Nitrates; Ice; Chemicals Monitoring And Transport; Spatial Distribution; Contamination; 54 Environmental Sciences; Ecological Concentration; Waste Disposal; Antarctica 540220; Detonations; Site Resource And Use Studies; Hazardous Materials; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/10191480; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1401311/

On December 30, 1991, a small quantity of hazardous materials was detonated at a site near McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The materials involved in the detonation represented highly reactive or explosive wastes that could not be transported safely for disposal in the United States. Detonation was ther...