Neutron activation analysis on sediments from Victoria Land, Antarctica: Multi-elemental characterization of potential atmospheric dust sources
The elemental composition of 40 samples of mineral sediments collected in Victoria Land, Antarctica, in correspondence of ice-free sites, is presented. Concentration of 36 elements was determined by instrumental neutron activation analysis, INAA. The selection of 6 standard reference materials and t...
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ftunivsiena:oai:usiena-air.unisi.it:11365/1006212 2024-04-14T08:04:28+00:00 Neutron activation analysis on sediments from Victoria Land, Antarctica: Multi-elemental characterization of potential atmospheric dust sources BACCOLO, GIOVANNI Delmonte, Barbara Baroni, C. Clemenza, M. Maggi, V. Motta, A. Nastasi, M. Previtali, E. Salvatore, M. C. Baccolo, Giovanni Baroni, C. Clemenza, M. Delmonte, Barbara Maggi, V. Motta, A. Nastasi, M. Previtali, E. Salvatore, M. C. 2014 http://hdl.handle.net/11365/1006212 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2851-x eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000332034400060 volume:299 issue:3 firstpage:1615 lastpage:1623 numberofpages:9 journal:JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY http://hdl.handle.net/11365/1006212 doi:10.1007/s10967-013-2851-x info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84894743601 www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0236-5731 Antartica Atmospheric dust source Gamma spectrometry ICE Ice core INAA Multivariate analysi PCA REE Analytical Chemistry Nuclear Energy and Engineering Health Toxicology and Mutagenesi Pollution Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Spectroscopy Radiology Nuclear Medicine and Imaging info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2014 ftunivsiena https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2851-x 2024-03-21T15:59:58Z The elemental composition of 40 samples of mineral sediments collected in Victoria Land, Antarctica, in correspondence of ice-free sites, is presented. Concentration of 36 elements was determined by instrumental neutron activation analysis, INAA. The selection of 6 standard reference materials and the development of a specific analytical procedure allowed to reduce measurements uncertainties and to verify the reproducibility of the results. The decision to analyze sediment samples from Victoria Land ice-free areas is related to recent investigations regarding mineral dust content in the TALos Dome ICE core (159 11′E; 72 49′S, East Antarctica, Victoria Land), in which a coarse local fraction of dust was recognized. The characterization of Antarctic potential source areas of atmospheric mineral dust is the first step to identify the active sources of dust for the Talos Dome area and to reconstruct the atmospheric pathways followed by air masses in this region during different climatic periods. Principal components analysis was used to identify elements and samples correlations; attention was paid specially to rare earth elements (REE) and incompatible/compatible elements (ICE) in respect to iron, which proved to be the most discriminating elemental groups. The analysis of REE and ICE concentration profiles supported evidences of chemical weathering in ice-free areas of Victoria Land, whereas cold and dry climate conditions of the Talos Dome area and in general of East Antarctica. © 2013 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica antartic* East Antarctica ice core Victoria Land Università degli Studi di Siena: USiena air Antarctic East Antarctica Talos Dome ENVELOPE(158.000,158.000,-73.000,-73.000) Victoria Land Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 299 3 1615 1623 |
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Antartica Atmospheric dust source Gamma spectrometry ICE Ice core INAA Multivariate analysi PCA REE Analytical Chemistry Nuclear Energy and Engineering Health Toxicology and Mutagenesi Pollution Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Spectroscopy Radiology Nuclear Medicine and Imaging BACCOLO, GIOVANNI Delmonte, Barbara Baroni, C. Clemenza, M. Maggi, V. Motta, A. Nastasi, M. Previtali, E. Salvatore, M. C. Neutron activation analysis on sediments from Victoria Land, Antarctica: Multi-elemental characterization of potential atmospheric dust sources |
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The elemental composition of 40 samples of mineral sediments collected in Victoria Land, Antarctica, in correspondence of ice-free sites, is presented. Concentration of 36 elements was determined by instrumental neutron activation analysis, INAA. The selection of 6 standard reference materials and the development of a specific analytical procedure allowed to reduce measurements uncertainties and to verify the reproducibility of the results. The decision to analyze sediment samples from Victoria Land ice-free areas is related to recent investigations regarding mineral dust content in the TALos Dome ICE core (159 11′E; 72 49′S, East Antarctica, Victoria Land), in which a coarse local fraction of dust was recognized. The characterization of Antarctic potential source areas of atmospheric mineral dust is the first step to identify the active sources of dust for the Talos Dome area and to reconstruct the atmospheric pathways followed by air masses in this region during different climatic periods. Principal components analysis was used to identify elements and samples correlations; attention was paid specially to rare earth elements (REE) and incompatible/compatible elements (ICE) in respect to iron, which proved to be the most discriminating elemental groups. The analysis of REE and ICE concentration profiles supported evidences of chemical weathering in ice-free areas of Victoria Land, whereas cold and dry climate conditions of the Talos Dome area and in general of East Antarctica. © 2013 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary. |
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Neutron activation analysis on sediments from Victoria Land, Antarctica: Multi-elemental characterization of potential atmospheric dust sources |
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Neutron activation analysis on sediments from Victoria Land, Antarctica: Multi-elemental characterization of potential atmospheric dust sources |
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Neutron activation analysis on sediments from Victoria Land, Antarctica: Multi-elemental characterization of potential atmospheric dust sources |
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Neutron activation analysis on sediments from Victoria Land, Antarctica: Multi-elemental characterization of potential atmospheric dust sources |
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Neutron activation analysis on sediments from Victoria Land, Antarctica: Multi-elemental characterization of potential atmospheric dust sources |
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