Elemental composition determined by PIXE analysis of the insoluble aerosol particles in EPICA-Dome C ice core samples representing the last 27000 years

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2003, Pages

  Ghermandi, Grazia ^a   Cecchi, Rodolfo ^a   Capotosto, Margherita ^a   Marino, Federica ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Dept Scienze Ambiente e Territorio ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dust; Ice Core; Insoluble elements

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; FILTRATION; ICE; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; SODIUM; CORE SAMPLES; DOMES; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; TITANIUM;

DUST MASS; ICE CORES; ATMOSPHERIC DUST; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DEPOSITIONAL FLUXES; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ICE CORE; INSOLUBLE PARTICLES; PIXE;

GEOPHYSICS; ICE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ICE CORE; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

ANTARCTICA; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0942299886     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018169     Document Type: Article

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