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Heavy metal deposition on the snow on Lambert Glacier basin, East Antarctica

Entry ID: ECA068

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Summary

Abstract: Al, V, Mn, Fe, Cu, As, Cd, Ba, Pb, Bi and U were determined in a continuous series of 46 snow samples from a 2.3-m snow pit, covering the time period from austral spring 1998 to summer 2002, at a site on the east side of the Lambert Glacier basin in East Antarctica. Concentrations are very low for all metals and differ by orders of magnitude from one metal to another, with the mean concentrations ...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2002-02-01

Stop Date: 2002-02-29

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

Platform

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

Instrument

AAS > Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

Ancillary Keywords

Heavy metals

snow

Lambert Glacier Basin

Princess Elisabeth Land

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Korea Polar Research Institute, Republic of Korea

Data Center URL: http://www.kopri.re.kr/

Data Center Personnel
Name: SUNGMIN HONG Phone: +82 322606140 Fax: +82 322606109 Email: smngmin at kopri.re.kr Contact Address: Sangdo Techno Park 7-50 City: Sangdo-dong Province or State: Inchean Postal Code: 406-840 Country: Korea

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2012-08-01

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-08-01

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