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GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 52, Issue 2, Pages E7-E14Publisher
GEOCHEMICAL SOC JAPAN
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.2.0519
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nitrate; photolysis; delta N-15; Antarctica; snowpack
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) [16H05884, 16H04947, 26550013, 17H06105]
- System-inspired Leaders in Material Science (SiMS) Program
- Program for Leading Graduate Schools of Osaka Prefecture University
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To evaluate post-depositional loss from the snow surface and subsequent redistribution of nitrate, we determined the spatial variation of nitrate concentrations, as well as delta N-15 and Delta O-17 values of nitrate in surface snow, sampled along a latitudinal transect in eastern Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. The NO3- concentrations of surface snow ranged from 40.0 to 130.8 mu g L-1, showing no obvious trends with latitude, while the delta N-15(NO3-) in surface snow increased from coastal sites to inland sites, ranging from -19.4 to 165.5 parts per thousand. The relationship between the isotopic values (delta N-15 and Delta O-17) of nitrate and snow accumulation rate are consistent with other traverses studied in East Antarctica (e.g., from Dumont d'Urville station to Vostok, and from East Antarctic coast to Dome Argus), implying that post-depositional loss and redistribution occur similarly throughout East Antarctica.
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