Hydrology, geochemistry and Sr isotopes in solids and solutes of the meltwater from Mittivakkat Gletscher SE Greenland

Nordic Hydrology

Volumn 35, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 369-380

  Hagedorn, Birgit ^a,b   Hasholt, Bent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; CO2 drawdown; Element fractionation; Glacial erosion; Sr isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISSOLUTION; EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RUNOFF; SOILS; STRONTIUM; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BEDROCKS; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL RUNOFF; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS (SPM);

GLACIERS;

GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MELTWATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WORLD;

EID: 11244349761     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2004.0028     Document Type: Article

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