Ratios of Mg2+/Na+ in snowpack and an ice core at Austfonna ice cap, Svalbard, as an indicator of seasonal melting

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 48, Issue 162, 2002, Pages 452-460

  Iizuka, Yoshinori ^a   Igarashi, Makoto ^a   Kamiyama, Kokichi ^a   Motoyama, Hideaki ^a   Watanabe, Okitsugu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ICE CORE; MAGNESIUM; MELTING; SNOWPACK; SODIUM;

AUSTFONNA; NORDAUSTLANDET; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0036935164     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756502781831304     Document Type: Article

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