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Do morphometric parameters and geological conditions determine chemistry of glacier surface ice? Spatial distribution of contaminants present in the surface ice of Spitsbergen glaciers (European Arctic)
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Abstract The chemism of the glaciers is strongly determined by long-distance transport of chemical substances, and their wet and dry deposition on the glacier surface. This paper concerns spatial distribution of metals, ions, and dissolved organic carbon, as well as the differentiation of physicochemical parameters (pH, electrical conductivity) determined in ice surface samples collected from four Arctic glaciers during the summer season 2012. The studied glaciers represent three different morphological types: ground based (Blomlibreen and Scottbreen), tidewater which evolved to ground based (Renardbreen), and typical tidewater glacier (Recherchebreen). All of the glaciers are functioning as a glacial system, hence, are subject to the same physical processes (melting, freezing), and the process of ice flowing resulting from the cross-impact force of gravity and topographic conditions. According to this hypothesis the article discusses the correlation between morphometric parameters, changes in mass balance, geological characteristics of the glaciers and the spatial distribution of analytes in their surface ice. A strong correlation (r=0.63) is recorded between the aspect of glaciers and values of pH and ions, whereas DOC depends on the minimum elevation of glaciers (r=0.55), and most probably also on the development of the accumulation area. The obtained results suggest that although certain morphometric parameters largely determine the spatial distribution of analytes, also the geology of the bed of glaciers strongly affects the chemism of the surface ice of glaciers in the phase of strong recession.
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Grzegorz Gajek
- Wydział Nauk o Ziemii i Gospodarki Przestrzennej Zakład Geologii i Ochrony Litosfery
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Stanisław Chmiel
- Wydział Nauk o Ziemii i Gospodarki Przestrzennej Zakład Hydrologii
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- Category:
- Articles
- Type:
- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
no. 23,
edition 23,
pages 1 - 21,
ISSN: 0944-1344 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Bibliographic description:
- Lehmann-Konera S., Gajek g., Chmiel S., Polkowska Ż.: Do morphometric parameters and geological conditions determine chemistry of glacier surface ice? Spatial distribution of contaminants present in the surface ice of Spitsbergen glaciers (European Arctic)// ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH. -Vol. 23, iss. 23 (2016), s.1-21
- DOI:
- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s11356-016-7354-1
- Verified by:
- Gdańsk University of Technology
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