Large-scale spatial trends in recent firn chemistry along an east-west transect through central Greenland

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 3227-3238

  Fischer, H ^a   Wagenbach, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Deposition; Greenland; Snow accumulation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; ICE; NITRATE; SNOW; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DRILL; DRUG TOXICITY; DRY DEPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER VAPOR;

DRY DEPOSITION; FIRN; ICE SHEET; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

GREENLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; ICE; NITRATES; SNOW; SODIUM; STRATIGRAPHY;

FIRN CHEMISTRY; FIRN CORES; GREENLAND; ICE SHEET; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SULPHATE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0030251167     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00092-1     Document Type: Article

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