First sulfur isotope measurements in central Greenland ice cores along the preindustrial and industrial periods

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Patris, Nicolas ^a   Delmas, Robert J ^b   Legrand, Michel ^b   De Angelis, Martine ^b   Ferron, Francisco A ^a   Stiévenard, Michel ^a   Jouzel, Jean ^a  

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

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Greenland; Pollution transport; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ICE CORE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 17044456102     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd000672     Document Type: Article

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