Glaciochemistry of polar ice cores: A review

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-243

  Legrand, Michel ^a   Mayewski, Paul ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BUDGET CONTROL; DEFORESTATION; FLUORINE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; VOLCANOES;

ANTARCTIC ICE CORE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CLIMATIC VARIATION; IONIC COMPOSITION; NATURAL VARIABILITY; SOLID PRECIPITATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

ICE;

EID: 0141525856     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RG03527     Document Type: Review

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