Sulfate trends in a Col du Dôme (French Alps) ice core: A record of anthropogenic sulfate levels in the European midtroposphere over the twentieth century

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D23, 2001, Pages 31991-32004

  Preunkert, Susanne ^a,b   Legrand, Michel ^a   Wagenbach, Dietmar ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ICE CORE; SULFATE; TROPOSPHERE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ALPS; COL DU DOME; FRANCE;

EID: 0035724249     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000792     Document Type: Article

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