Arctic catchment as a sensitive indicator of the environmental changes : distribution and migration of metals (Svalbard)
Arctic regions experience metal pollution, despite their remote location, and the distribution and migration of those metals determine their potential impact on the local environment. Here, a High-Arctic catchment (Revelva, Svalbard) located remotely from human-induced pollution sources is studied w...
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ftunivsilesia:oai:rebus.us.edu.pl:20.500.12128/9497 2023-05-15T14:47:05+02:00 Arctic catchment as a sensitive indicator of the environmental changes : distribution and migration of metals (Svalbard) Kozak, K. Polkowska, Ż. Stachnik, Ł. Luks, B. Chmiel, S. Ruman, Marek Lech, D. Kozioł, K. Tsakovski, S. Simeonov, V. 2016 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/9497 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-016-1137-6 en eng International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 13, iss. 12 (2016), s. 2779-2796 1735-1472 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/9497 doi:10.1007/s13762-016-1137-6 Uznanie autorstwa 3.0 Polska http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/pl/ CC-BY Arctic trace elements metals TOC Svalbard volcanic eruption info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2016 ftunivsilesia https://doi.org/20.500.12128/9497 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-016-1137-6 2022-12-31T20:12:31Z Arctic regions experience metal pollution, despite their remote location, and the distribution and migration of those metals determine their potential impact on the local environment. Here, a High-Arctic catchment (Revelva, Svalbard) located remotely from human-induced pollution sources is studied with respect to the distribution and migration of chosen trace elements (Ag, Al, As, B, Ba, Bi, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Cs, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Sr, Tl, U, V and Zn) in surface waters. The metal concentrations fluctuated in 2010–2012 between 0.01 and 354 μg L−1, the highest mean-weighted concentration noted for Sr (42.5 μg L−1). The concentrations in the river water were likely influenced by both natural and human-activity-related processes. These factors can produce substances of the same chemical composition (e.g. carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide and metals may be emitted both by a volcanic eruption and by industrial sources). Therefore, chemometric techniques were used in the current paper to distinguish the multiple sources of pollution in the Revelva catchment. The authors were seeking to determine whether there is indeed evidence for contamination, sufficient to cause environmental damage in polar region. As a result, it was shown that the long-range transport could play an important role in shaping the metal concentration profile of this Arctic tundra environment, capturing both the influence of volcanic eruptions within the region and the human activity in a range of distances from the study site. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Svalbard Tundra The Repository of the University of Silesia (RE-BUŚ) Arctic Revelva ENVELOPE(18.968,18.968,69.627,69.627) Svalbard International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 13 12 2779 2796 |
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Arctic regions experience metal pollution, despite their remote location, and the distribution and migration of those metals determine their potential impact on the local environment. Here, a High-Arctic catchment (Revelva, Svalbard) located remotely from human-induced pollution sources is studied with respect to the distribution and migration of chosen trace elements (Ag, Al, As, B, Ba, Bi, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Cs, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Sr, Tl, U, V and Zn) in surface waters. The metal concentrations fluctuated in 2010–2012 between 0.01 and 354 μg L−1, the highest mean-weighted concentration noted for Sr (42.5 μg L−1). The concentrations in the river water were likely influenced by both natural and human-activity-related processes. These factors can produce substances of the same chemical composition (e.g. carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide and metals may be emitted both by a volcanic eruption and by industrial sources). Therefore, chemometric techniques were used in the current paper to distinguish the multiple sources of pollution in the Revelva catchment. The authors were seeking to determine whether there is indeed evidence for contamination, sufficient to cause environmental damage in polar region. As a result, it was shown that the long-range transport could play an important role in shaping the metal concentration profile of this Arctic tundra environment, capturing both the influence of volcanic eruptions within the region and the human activity in a range of distances from the study site. |
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Arctic catchment as a sensitive indicator of the environmental changes : distribution and migration of metals (Svalbard) |
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Arctic catchment as a sensitive indicator of the environmental changes : distribution and migration of metals (Svalbard) |
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arctic catchment as a sensitive indicator of the environmental changes : distribution and migration of metals (svalbard) |
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