Distribution of Ca, Fe, K, and S between soluble and insoluble material in the Greenland Ice Core Project ice core

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C12, 1997, Pages 26615-26623

  Laj, Paolo ^a,b   Ghermandi, Grazia ^b   Cecchi, Rodolfo ^b   Maggi, Valter ^c   Riontino, Carlo ^a   Hong, Sungmin ^d   Candelone, Jean Pierre ^d   Boutron, Claude ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GRIP; ICE CHEMISTRY; PALAEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0031462772     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC02660     Document Type: Article

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