Features of meteorological events preserved in a high-resolution Law Dome (East Antarctica) snow pit

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2002, Pages 463-470

  McMorrow, Alison J ^a   Curran, Mark A J ^a   Van Ommen, Tas D ^a   Morgan, Vin I ^a   Allison, Ian ^a  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GLACIOCHEMISTRY; ICE CORE; POLAR METEOROLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAW DOME;

EID: 0036968427     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756402781816780     Document Type: Article

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