The EPICA deep ice cores: First results and perspectives

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2004, Pages 93-100

  Stauffer, Bernhard ^a   Flückiger, Jacqueline ^a   Wolff, Eric ^b   Barnes, Piers ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE CORE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 23844498113     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814500     Document Type: Article

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