Glacio-chemical study spanning the past 2 kyr on three ice cores from Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica 2. Seasonally resolved chemical records

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D24, 2000, Pages 29423-29433

  Sommer, S ^a   Wagenbach, D ^b   Mulvaney, R ^c   Fischer, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CYCLE; GLACIOCHEMISTRY; ICE CORE;

ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 0034451907     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900450     Document Type: Article

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