Brief description
This data set provides the organochlorine content found in four sea-ice samples collected in the vicinity of Davis station over a three week period in 2014/15. Sea-ice is thought to serve as a reservoir for organochlorine pesticides during the winter. The aim of the study was to investigate the movement of organochlorine pesticides in the seasonal sea-ice during ice melt. A custom made, closed-system, ice melting unit, coupled to an in-situ water filter, was implemented for sampling. Minimal ice-melt or change in organchlorine content was found over the three week period. Changes were attributed to high ventilation of the sea-ice surface caused by high wind speeds found in the Antarctic compared to the Arctic.4 sea-ice samples were collected in the vicinity of Davis station and contaminant profiles extracted and analysed. Caution should be taken in interpretation of data as the ice/water extraction unit failed during operation.
Issued: 2018-05-31
Data time period: 2014-10-01 to 2015-02-28
text: northlimit=-64.61261; southlimit=-76.61261; westlimit=65.98437; eastLimit=106.98438; projection=WGS84
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- global : 721d335b-f2ee-45e7-a316-7d5c816d8209
- DOI : 10.4225/15/5955afd3337ae
- Local : AAS_4332_1
- URI : https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4332_1
- URI : https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4332_1