Rocks control the chemical composition of surface water from the high Alpine Zermatt area (Swiss Alps)

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Table 2 Chemical composition in atmospheric deposition

Location	Region	Type	Source	pH	Na	K	Ca	Mg	NH₄	Cl	SO₄	NO₃	TDS
Gornergrat	Zermatt	Snow	This study	5.65	0.08	0.07	0.38	0.05	n.a.	0.05	b.d.	0.46	1.63
Täsch valley	Zermatt	Rain	Bühring (2008)	5.47	0.24	0.06	0.67	0.05	1.06	0.17	1.52	3.59	7.81
Fieschergletscher^a	Bernese Alps	Ice core	Jenk (2006)	n.a.	0.02	0.01	0.13	0.01	0.14	0.03	0.7	0.36	1.4
Fieschergletscher^b	Bernese Alps	Ice core	Eichler et al. (2004)	n.a.	0.01	0.01	0.09	0.01	0.09	0.03	0.38	0.15	0.78
Grenzgletscher^b	Zermatt	Ice core	Eichler et al. (2004)	n.a.	0.03	0.02	0.1	0.01	0.08	0.05	0.37	0.27	0.92
Col du Donon^c	E France	Snow	Colin et al. (1989)	3.51	0.02	0.11	0.26	0.29	0.13	0.06	0.24	0.28	1.39
Col du Donon^c	E France	Rain	Colin et al. (1989)	4.8	0.16	0.04	0.15	0.02	0.32	0.31	0.7	0.54	2.24
Lausanne^d	W Switzerland	Rain	Atteia (1994)	n.a.	0.17	0.25	0.77	0.05	n.a.	0.48	0.72	0.43	2.87
Lausanne^d	W Switzerland	Snow	Atteia (1994)	n.a.	0.38	0.19	0.54	0.03	n.a.	0.94	0.35	0.41	2.84
Freiburg	SW Germany	Rain	This study	5.27	0.02	0.06	0.52	0	0.34	0.1	0.61	1.25	3.47
“Initial water” used in the inverse models of this study^e				5.53	0.18	0.06	0.57	0.05	0.68	0.13	0.98	2.48	5.62