The Weddell Sea region: An important precipitation channel to the interior of the Antarctic ice sheet as revealed by glaciochemical investigation of surface snow along the longest trans-Antarctic route

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 29, Issue , 1999, Pages 55-60

  Dahe, Qin ^a   Mayewski, Paul A ^b   Jiawen, Ren ^a   Cunde, Xiao ^a   Junying, Sun ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW CHEMISTRY;

WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0033495775     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756499781821012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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