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Volume 21 Issue 2
Apr 2010
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Journal of Earth Science  > 2010  >  21(2): 157-165.
Zongxing Li, Yuanqing He, Wilfred H Theakstone, Wenxiong Jia, Huijuan Xin, Wei Zhang, Jing Liu, Shuxin Wang. Characteristics and Environmental Significance of pH and EC in Summer Rainfall and Shallow Firn Profile at Yulong Snow Mountain, Lijiang City, China. Journal of Earth Science, 2010, 21(2): 157-165. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0014-3
Citation: Zongxing Li, Yuanqing He, Wilfred H Theakstone, Wenxiong Jia, Huijuan Xin, Wei Zhang, Jing Liu, Shuxin Wang. Characteristics and Environmental Significance of pH and EC in Summer Rainfall and Shallow Firn Profile at Yulong Snow Mountain, Lijiang City, China. Journal of Earth Science, 2010, 21(2): 157-165. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0014-3
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Characteristics and Environmental Significance of pH and EC in Summer Rainfall and Shallow Firn Profile at Yulong Snow Mountain, Lijiang City, China

doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0014-3
  • 1.

    State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Yulong Snow Mountain Glacial and Environmental Observation Station, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China

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    Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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    Institute of Environment and Climate Change Research in Western China, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

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    School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

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    Yulong Snow Mountain Glacial and Environmental Observation Station, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China

Funds:

the National Basic Research Program of China 2007CB411501

the National Natural Science Foundation of China 40971019

the National Natural Science Foundation of China J0630966

the National Natural Science Foundation of China 90511007

the Special Grant for Postgraduate Research, Innovation and Practice 

the West Light Foundation of Chinese Academy of Sciences O828A11001

the Fund from State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences 

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  • Corresponding author: Li Zongxing, yxmlzx1982822@163.com
  • Received Date: 30 Oct 2009
  • Accepted Date: 08 Jan 2010
  • Publish Date: 01 Apr 2010
    Abstract
  • The seasonal and inter-annual variations of pH and EC (electrical conductivity) at Yulong (玉龙) Snow Mountain, Lijiang (丽江) City, are sensitive to precipitation variations and are important indicators of the atmospheric environment. The pH of summer rainfall at Lijiang City ranges from 6.7 to 7.4, and alkaline mineral salts dominate the variations of rainfall acidity. pH values in the shallow firn profile at Baishui (白水) Glacier No. 1 range from 5.6 to 6.3, and EC values from 2.4 to 7.3 μs/cm. The ranges are lower than those in other firn cores from China because of stronger elution and the influence of marine aerosols. This indicates that environmental records from a monsoonal temperate glacier differ from those at continental glaciers.

     

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