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Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-825-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-825-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
Research article
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15 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 15 Apr 2016

Potential genesis and implications of calcium nitrate in Antarctic snow

Kanthanathan Mahalinganathan and Meloth Thamban

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Our results show a strong association between calcium and nitrate ions in snow from two different regions that are > 2000 km apart in East Antarctica. Such association could have formed during the interaction between long-range transported dust with the atmospheric nitrate. This study also implies that apart from other well-known sources of nitrate in Antarctica, nitrate associated with mineral dust could form a significant portion of total nitrate deposited in Antarctic snow.
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