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Research article
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07 Jul 2015
Research article |
| 07 Jul 2015
800-year ice-core record of nitrogen deposition in Svalbard linked to ocean productivity and biogenic emissions
I. A. Wendl
Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
A. Eichler
Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
E. Isaksson
Norwegian Polar Institute, Framsenteret, 9296 Tromsø, Norway
T. Martma
Institute of Geology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Nitrate and ammonium ice core records from Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard, indicated anthropogenic pollution from Eurasia as major source during the 20th century. In pre-industrial times nitrate is correlated with methane sulfonate, which we explain with a fertilising effect, presumably triggered by enhanced atmospheric nitrogen input to the ocean. Eurasia was likely the main source area also of pre-industrial nitrate, but for ammonium, biogenic emissions from Siberian boreal forests were dominant.
Nitrate and ammonium ice core records from Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard, indicated anthropogenic...
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