High zinc contents of sea water in Kangerdluarssuk, the Ilímaussaq area, South Greenland

Abstract

Samples of sea water were collected in Kangerdluarssuk in the summers of 1974 and 1975 (fig. 28) as part of the geochemical-ecological Narssaq project (Bohse et al., 1975; Nielsen et al., 1976). These have been analysed for dissolved zinc, cadmium, lead and copper by anodic stripping voltammetry (Table 5). Water samples were collected with teflon-coated 5 litre Universal Series water sampIers with drop messengers (Hydro-bios, Kiel). In 1974 the water samples were taken from GGU motor cutter N. V. Ussing, in May 1975 from M/S Adolf Jensen and in September 1975 from a rubber boat. The samples were kept in plastic canisters previously analysed for heavy elements.