A 200 year sub-annual record of sulfate in West Antarctica, from 16 ice cores

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2004, Pages 545-556

  Dixon, Daniel ^a   Mayewski, Paul A ^a   Kaspari, Susan ^a   Sneed, Sharon ^a   Handley, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ICE CORE; SULFATE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 23844478220     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814113     Document Type: Article

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