Annually resolved southern hemisphere volcanic history from two Antarctic ice cores

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 16761-16771

  Cole Dai, Jihong ^a   Mosley Thompson, Ellen ^a,b   Thompson, Lonnie G ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE CORE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; VOLCANIC HISTORY;

ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA;

EID: 0031399678     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01394     Document Type: Article

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