Heavy Metal Pollutants in Snow and Ice from Roosevelt Island, Antarctica

• Main Author: Andrea Tuohy
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified; Paleoclimate; Ice core; Pollutant; School: School of Geography; Environment and Earth Sciences; 040199 Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified; 970104 Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences; Degree Discipline: Geology; Degree Level: Doctoral; Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy; Roosevelt Island; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.17012972.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Heavy_Metal_Pollutants_in_Snow_and_Ice_from_Roosevelt_Island_Antarctica/17012972

Global industrialization has led to emissions of heavy metal pollutants that are transported to the most remote areas of the planet. Elevated concentrations of heavy metals are ecological toxins in soils, water, and air. Monitoring has only been implemented during the last few decades with anthropog...