A 100 year record of ion chemistry from Agassiz Ice Cap Northern Ellesmere Island NWT, Canada

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 347-357

  Koerner, Roy M ^a   Fisher, David A ^a   Goto Azuma, Kumiko ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic; Dry deposition; Ion chemistry

Indexed keywords

DRY DEPOSITION; ICE CORES; ION CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DEPOSITION; ICE; IONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ICE; SNOW;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; GREENLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WINTER;

EID: 0033081941     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00166-6     Document Type: Article

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