Solid electrical conductivity (ECM) from four Agassiz ice cores, Ellesmere island NWT, Canada: High-resolution signal and noise over the last millennium and low resolution over the Holocene

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 413-421

  Zheng, Jiancheng ^a   Kudo, Akira ^a   Fisher, David A ^b   Blake, Erik W ^c   Gerasimoff, M ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Icefield Instruments Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agassiz Ice Cap; Arctic; Canada; De acidification; ECM; Electrical conductivity method; Ellesmere Island; High resolution records; Ice cores; Noise; Signal; Volcanic and layers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; VOLCANIC ASH;

EID: 0031855788     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398676187747     Document Type: Article

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