A high-resolution air chemistry record from an Alpine ice core: Fiescherhorn glacier, Swiss Alps

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D11, 1999, Pages 13709-13719

  Schwikowski, M ^a   Brutsch S ^a   Gaggeler H W ^a,b   Schotterer, U ^a,b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ICE CORE;

ALPS; FIESCHERHORN GLACIER; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033510249     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD100112     Document Type: Article

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