Isotope records from mongolian and alpine ice cores as climate indicators

Climatic Change

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 519-530

  Schotterer, U ^a,b   Frohlich K ^c   Gaggeler H W ^a,b   Sandjordj, S ^d   Stichler, W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^d Institute for Water Problems   (Mongolia)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CONTINENTAL GLACIER; HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PARAMETER; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION; SOURCE INDICATOR;

MONGOLIA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030859981     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005338427567     Document Type: Article

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