Chemical Characteristics and Environmental Records of a Snow-Pit at the Glacier No. 12 in the Laohugou Valley, Qilian Mountains

Xiaoqing Cui; Jiawen Ren; Xiang Qin; Weijun Sun; Guangming Yu; Zebin Wang; Weigang Liu

doi:10.1007/s12583-014-0426-6

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Xiaoqing Cui, Jiawen Ren, Xiang Qin, Weijun Sun, Guangming Yu, Zebin Wang, Weigang Liu. Chemical Characteristics and Environmental Records of a Snow-Pit at the Glacier No. 12 in the Laohugou Valley, Qilian Mountains. Journal of Earth Science, 2014, 25(2): 379-385. doi: 10.1007/s12583-014-0426-6

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Xiaoqing Cui, Jiawen Ren, Xiang Qin, Weijun Sun, Guangming Yu, Zebin Wang, Weigang Liu. Chemical Characteristics and Environmental Records of a Snow-Pit at the Glacier No. 12 in the Laohugou Valley, Qilian Mountains. Journal of Earth Science, 2014, 25(2): 379-385. doi: 10.1007/s12583-014-0426-6

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Xiaoqing Cui, Jiawen Ren, Xiang Qin, Weijun Sun, Guangming Yu, Zebin Wang, Weigang Liu. Chemical Characteristics and Environmental Records of a Snow-Pit at the Glacier No. 12 in the Laohugou Valley, Qilian Mountains. Journal of Earth Science, 2014, 25(2): 379-385. doi: 10.1007/s12583-014-0426-6

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Chemical Characteristics and Environmental Records of a Snow-Pit at the Glacier No. 12 in the Laohugou Valley, Qilian Mountains

doi: 10.1007/s12583-014-0426-6

Xiaoqing Cui^{1, 2
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Jiawen Ren¹,
Xiang Qin^{1, 2},
Weijun Sun^{1, 2},
Guangming Yu^{1, 2},
Zebin Wang^{1, 2},
Weigang Liu³

1.
State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Cold and Arid Region Environment and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
2.
Qilian Shan Station of Glaciology and Ecologic Environment, Lanzhou 730000, China
3.
Key Laboratory of Arid Climatic Change and Reducing Disaster of Gansu Province, Institute of Arid Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Lanzhou 730020, China

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Corresponding author: Xiaoqing Cui, xiaoqing@lzb.ac.cn
Received Date: 26 Aug 2013
Accepted Date: 29 Dec 2013
Publish Date: 01 Apr 2014

Abstract

Abstract

In June 2006, samples were collected from a 90 cm snow-pit at an elevation of 5 040 m a.s.l. in the northern branch firn basin of the Glacier No. 12, Laohugou Valley, in the western part of Qilian Mountain, China. Oxygen isotopes (δ¹⁸O) and major soluble ions were measured. Results showed that Ca²⁺ is the dominant cation, and SO₄²⁻ is the dominant anion. All major ions have close positive correlations with eachother except NO₃⁻ and NH₄⁺. δ¹⁸O show positive correlation with air temperature. The method of correlation analysis, sea-salt ion tracer and trend analysis were used to determine the source of the chemical components. The correlation analysis and HYSPLIT backward trajectory analysis suggest that atmospheric soluble dust species dominate the chemical signature.
- snow-pit,
- glaciochemistry,
- Glacier No. 12 at Laohugou,
- ion,
- Qilian Mountain

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