A temperate Alpine glacier as a reservoir of polychlorinated biphenyls: model results of incorporation, transport, and release

• Main Authors: Steinlin, Christine, Bogdal, Christian, Lüthi, Martin P, Pavlova, Pavlina A, Schwikowski, Margit, Zennegg, Markus, Schmid, Peter, Scheringer, Martin, Hungerbühler, Konrad
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society (ACS) 2016
• Subjects: Institute of Geography; 910 Geography & travel; Glacial Lake; ice core
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/124078/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/124078/7/acs%252Eest%252E5b05886.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-124078; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b05886

In previous studies, the incorporation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been quantified in the accumulation areas of Alpine glaciers. Here, we introduce a model framework that quantifies mass fluxes of PCBs in glaciers and apply it to the Silvretta glacier (Switzerland). The models include PC...