Modelling the densification of polar firn including heat diffusion: Application to close-off characteristics and gas isotopic fractionation for Antarctica and Greenland sites

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Goujon, C ^a   Barnola, J M ^a   Ritz, C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Firn densification; Gas fractionation; Temperature reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; FIRN; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PALEOTEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 1642269936     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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