Background levels of formate and other ions in ice cores from inland Greenland

Details Background levels of formate and other ions in ice cores from inland Greenland Background levels of formate and other ions in ice cores from inland Greenland

Dec 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993georl..20.2647o&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 20, no. 23, p. 2647-2650

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Acids, Ammonia, Core Sampling, Formates, Greenland, Ion Concentration, Land Ice, Chemical Analysis, Snow, Spatial Distribution

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Concentration levels of the organic acids HCOO- and CH3SO3(-), inorganic acids NO3(-) and excess SO4(2-) and ammonium were measured in pre-1900 AD ice layers from seven geographically dispersed inland sites in Greenland. Average multiple-year background concentration levels are calculated for each ion at each site from laboratory measurements of continuous core samples representing from 4 to 10 years of snow accumulation (32 to 80 individual measurements) from various time intervals. The HCOO(-) concentration level increases from 6 ng/g in the most northern colder site to 36 ng/g in the most southern warmer site; CH3SO3(-) increases from 0.9 ng/g to 2.8 ng/g; NO3(-) decreases from 83 ng/g to 37 ng/g; excess SO4(2-) decreases from 43 ng/g to 19ng/g, all with variability. The distribution of the NH4(+) ion shows a nearly constant level at about 6 ng/g for all sites except Dye-2 where it reaches 10 ng/g. The deposition patterns for HCOO(-) and NH4(+) on the ice sheet suggest major contributions arrive from sources originating from the southwest of Greenland.

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