One hundred freshly fallen snow samples were collected from the north side of Mount Everest between 5600 and 7100 m elevation in April and May of 1986. Compared to snow from the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming, the Everest samples have lower sulfate and nitrate concentrations, reflecting a lesser anthropogenic input and much higher calcium concentrations and pH. The calcium concentrations and high pH presumably reflect a large but variable input of calcium carbonate dust either from arid areas to the west and north or from more local glacial deposits.
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