Strontium isotope systematics in two glaciated crystalline catchments: Rhone and Oberaar Glaciers (Swiss Alps)

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-283

  Arn, Kaspar ^a   Hosein, Rachel ^a   Föllmi, Karl B ^a   Steinmann, Philipp ^a   Aubert, Dominique ^b,c   Kramers, Jan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disseminated calcite; Glacial meltwaters; Strontium isotopes; Subglacial chemical weathering; Suspended sediment; Swiss Alps

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; MELTWATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

EID: 16344377097     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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