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Determination of trace amounts of heavy metals in arctic ice core samples using inductively coupled plasma mass
1Nagaoka Institute of Snow and Ice Studies, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-0821, Japan.
Abstract:
Trace amounts of heavy metals in the ice cores from Canadian Arctic were analyzed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). A custom made plastic device and ceramic knives were used to remove the contamination on the ice core surface. Ice cores could be broken into small sections (2-3 cm thick) after decontamination with the plastic device and ceramic knives. High-resolution depth profiles of various elements, i.e. As, Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn and U, were thus attained. Concentrations in 518 ice core samples range from 0.1 (U) to 673.3 (Zn) pg g(-1).
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