TY - JOUR N2 - Metal contents in the tundra soils (Gelic Regosols, Gelic Gleysols, Gelic Cambisols) of the maritime lowland of Kaffiöyra, in the western Spitsbergen seashore are presented in this publication. The average heave metal contents in samples collected from the depth layer 0—130 cm are follows: Fe 2.9%, Mn 392 ppm, Zn 75 ppm, Cu 23.4 ppm, Ni 24.1 ppm, Co 7.4 ppm, Pb 12.5 ppm, Cd 0.24 ppm. The surface soil layer 0 to 25 cm is poorer in Ca and Mg than the underlying layer 25 to 130 cm. The heave metal contents like Fe, Mn, Ni and Co, are also somewhat lower in the upper layer. The enrichment indices of Pb and Cd are equal in the surface soil layer 1.16 and 1.23 respectively. Correlation coefficients between each studied element and organic carbon, and, on the other hand, soil separates < 20 μm and < 2 μm are very low. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/111124/PDF-MASTER/1991-2_183-193.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/111124 PY - 1991 IS - No 2 EP - 183—193 KW - Arctic KW - Spitsbergen KW - soil KW - metal elements A1 - Plichta, Witold A1 - Kuczyńska, Irena PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 12 DA - 1991 T1 - Metal contents in soils of Kaffiöyra, Spitsbergen SP - 183—193 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/111124 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -