Preliminary evidence of a biomass-burning event from a 60 year-old firn core from Antarctica by ion chromatographic determination of carboxylic acids

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 27, Issue , 1998, Pages 391-397

  Udisti, R ^a   Becagli, S ^a   Traversi, R ^a   Vermigli, S ^a   Piccardi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CORE ANALYSIS; FIRN; ICE CORE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032442714     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/s026030550001778x     Document Type: Article

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