Evidence of glacial flour in the deepest 89 m of the Vostok ice core

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2002, Pages 340-346

  Simoes, Jefferson C ^a,e   Petit, Jean Robert ^b   Souchez, Roland ^b   Lipenkov, Vladimir Ya ^c   De Angelis, Martine ^a   Liu, Leibao ^a,f   Jouzel, Jean ^d   Duval, Paul ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^f POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DUST; ENTRAINMENT; GLACIAL LAKE; ICE CORE; VOLCANIC ASH;

ANTARCTICA; VOSTOK STATION;

EID: 12244249163     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756402781816816     Document Type: Article

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