Possible solar influences on the dust profile of the GISP2 ice core from Central Greenland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1043-1046

  Ram, Michael ^a   Stolz, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; DUST; MODULATION;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GREENLAND;

SEA ICE; ICE;

CLIMATE FORCING; DUST; ICE CORE; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

GREENLAND;

GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HIGH FREQUENCY VARIABILITIES; ICE CORE; LASER LIGHT SCATTERING; MODULATION PERIOD; SOLAR INFLUENCE; SUNSPOT CYCLES;

EID: 0344931848     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900199     Document Type: Article

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