A 100-year record of North Pacific volcanism in an ice core from Eclipse Icefield, Yukon Territory, Canada

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Yalcin, Kaplan ^a   Wake, Cameron P ^a   Germani, Mark S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b MicroMaterials Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Atmospheric effects; Ice cores; Kamchatka; Volcanism; Yukon Territory

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE CORE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 0347269074     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002449     Document Type: Article

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