Accumulation and proxy-temperature variability in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, determined from shallow firn cores

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 29, Issue , 1999, Pages 17-22

  Isaksson, Elisabeth ^a   Van Den Broeke, Michiel R ^b   Winther, Jan Gunnar ^a   Karlöf, Lars ^c   Pinglot, Jean Francis ^d   Gundestrup, Niels ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRN; ICE CORE; SNOW ACCUMULATION RATE; TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 0033494062     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756499781821445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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