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DOI	10.5194/tc-12-3177-2018
	Iron oxides in the cryoconite of glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau: abundance, speciation and implications
	Cong, Zhiyuan; Gao, Shaopeng; Zhao, Wancang; Wang, Xin; Wu, Guangming; Zhang, Yulan; Kang, Shichang; Liu, Yongqin; Ji, Junfeng
发表日期	2018
ISSN	1994-0416
EISSN	1994-0424
卷号	12 期号:10
英文摘要	Cryoconite is a mixture of impurities and ice visually represented by dark colors present in the ablation zone of glaciers. As an important constituent of light-absorbing impurities on the glacier surface, iron oxides influence the radiative properties of mineral dust and thus its impact on ice melting processes. In particular, the distinct optical properties between hematite and goethite (the major iron oxide species) highlight the necessity to obtain accurate knowledge about their abundance and geochemical behavior. Cryoconite samples from five glaciers in different regions of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and surroundings were studied. The iron abundance in the cryoconite from TP glaciers ranged from 3.40 % to 4.90 % by mass, in accordance with typical natural background levels. Because the light absorption capacity of mineral dust essentially depends on the presence of iron oxides (i.e., free iron), iron oxides were extracted and determined using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The ratios of free to total iron for the five glaciers ranged from 0.31 to 0.70, emphasizing that iron in the form of oxides should be considered rather than total iron in the albedo and radiative modeling. Furthermore, the goethite content in iron oxides (in mass fraction) ranged from 81 % to 98 %, showing that goethite was the predominant form among the glaciers. Using the abundance and speciation of iron oxides as well as their optical properties, the total light absorption was quantitatively attributed to goethite, hematite, black carbon (BC) and organic matters at 450 and 600 nm wavelengths. We found that the goethite played a stronger role than BC at shorter wavelengths for most glaciers. Such findings were essential to understand the relative significance of anthropogenic and natural effects, and then taking the proper mitigation measures.
学科领域	Physical Geography; Geology
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
来源期刊	CRYOSPHERE
来源机构	中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/111948
作者单位	Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Tibetan Environm Changes & Land Surface P, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cong, Zhiyuan,Gao, Shaopeng,Zhao, Wancang,et al. Iron oxides in the cryoconite of glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau: abundance, speciation and implications[J]. 中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院,2018,12(10).
APA	Cong, Zhiyuan.,Gao, Shaopeng.,Zhao, Wancang.,Wang, Xin.,Wu, Guangming.,...&Ji, Junfeng.(2018).Iron oxides in the cryoconite of glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau: abundance, speciation and implications.CRYOSPHERE,12(10).
MLA	Cong, Zhiyuan,et al."Iron oxides in the cryoconite of glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau: abundance, speciation and implications".CRYOSPHERE 12.10(2018).