Dust and sea salt variability in central East Antarctica (Dome C) over the last 45 Krys and its implications for southern high-latitude climate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 24-1

  Röthlisberger, Regine ^a,b   Mulvaney, Robert ^a   Wolff, Eric W ^a   Hutterli, Manuel A ^c   Bigler, Matthias ^b   Sommer, Stefan ^b   Jouzel, Jean ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DUST; VEGETATION; DOMES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

SEA SALTS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DUST;

CALCIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; ICE COMMUNITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SALT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ANTARCTICA;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATIC CHANGES; DUST SOURCES; EAST ANTARCTICA; HIGH LATITUDES; LAST GLACIAL PERIOD; LOCAL CLIMATE; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0037110261     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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