Temporal and spatial variability of geochemical backgrounds in the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica: implications for climatic changes and human impacts

• Published in: Applied Geochemistry
• Main Authors: Gasparon, Massimo, Ehrler, Katharina, Matschullat, Jörg, Melles, Martin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon Press 2007
• Subjects: Geochemistry and Petrology; Pollution; Environmental Chemistry; 1906 Geochemistry and Petrology; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Windmill Islands; Casey Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:704468

To establish a natural background and its temporal and spatial variability for the area around Casey Station in the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica, the authors studied major and trace element concentrations and the distribution of organic matter in marine and lacustrine sediments. A wide range of...