Characteristics and environmental significance of pH and EC in summer rainfall and shallow firn profile at Yulong Snow Mountain, Lijiang City, China

Zongxing Li; Yuanqing He; Wilfred H. Theakstone; Wenxiong Jia; Huijuan Xin; Wei Zhang; Jing Liu; Shuxin Wang

doi:10.1007/s12583-010-0014-3

Characteristics and environmental significance of pH and EC in summer rainfall and shallow firn profile at Yulong Snow Mountain, Lijiang City, China

Zongxing Li, Yuanqing He, Wilfred H. Theakstone, Wenxiong Jia, Huijuan Xin, Wei Zhang, Jing Liu, Shuxin Wang

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The seasonal and inter-annual variations of pH and EC (electrical conductivity) at Yulong (chinese source) Snow Mountain, Lijiang (chinese source) 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 (chinese source) 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. © 2010 China University of Geosciences and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	157-165
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Earth Science
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-010-0014-3
Publication status	Published - 2010

Keywords

Baishui Glacier No. 1
EC
Lijiang City
pH
Yulong Snow Mountain

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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

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