Hydrochemical investigations on river water in West, South and East Greenland

Abstract

Hydrogeochemical investigations have been concerned with the analysis of heavy metals dissolved in stream and river water. The concentrations of metals like Cu, Pb, Ni, Cr, and Cd are however usually below the level of detection by commonly used water analysis methods. For this reason, and to overcome some of the problems connected with the transportation of water from Greenland to Copenhagen, i.e. contamination of the samples by the container or absorption of metals on the container surface, a new method of analysis was developed two years ago at the Danish Atomic Energy Commission's Research Establishment, Risø.