A 1500 year record of accumulation at Amundsenisen western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, derived from electrical and radioactive measurements on a 120 m ice core

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D10, 2000, Pages 12471-12483

  Karlof L ^a   Winther, J G ^a   Isaksson, E ^a   Kohler, J ^a   Pinglot, J F ^b   Wilhelms, F ^c   Hansson, M ^d   Holmlund, P ^d   Nyman, M ^d   Pettersson, R ^d   Stenberg, M ^d   Thomassen, M P A ^e   Van Der Veen, C ^e   Van De Wal, R S W ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CORE ANALYSIS; ICE CORE;

ANTARCTICA; DRONNING MAUD LAND;

EID: 0033792213     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD901119     Document Type: Article

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