In the last couple of months, THAWIMPACT and PERCONTACT team has been working at Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares do Técnico (C2TN) analysing soil samples collected in Deception Island, Antarctica. The main goal is to study the content of specific trace-elements and to acquire knowledge about their bioavailability. Deception Island is a unique environment within the South Shetland archipelago and due to its volcanic characteristics is mainly covered by pyroclastic deposits which are very porous and insulating. AT C2TN the Inductive Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) was used to chemically characterize permafrost soils, focusing on elements such as As, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn, aiming to understand whether Deception's soils are influenced by human or volcanic activity. Comments are closed.
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