Contemporary CO2 drawdown by glacial meltwater fluxes from high Arctic Svalbard

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 256, 1999, Pages 259-265

  Hodson, Andy ^a   Tranter, Martyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GLACIERS; MELTING; WEATHERING;

GLACIAL MELTWATER FLUXES; PROGLACIAL REGIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; MELTWATER;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0033400260     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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