Chemical and isotopic snow variability in East Antarctica along the 2001/02 ITASE traverse

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2004, Pages 473-482

  Becagli, Silvia ^a   Proposito, Marco ^b,d   Benassai, Silvia ^a   Flora, Onelio ^c   Genoni, Laura ^c   Gragnani, Roberto ^d   Largiuni, Ombretta ^a   Pili, Simone Luca ^d,e   Severi, Mirko ^a   Stenni, Barbara ^c   Traversi, Rita ^a   Udisti, Roberto ^a   Frezzotti, Massimo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 23844527445     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814636     Document Type: Article

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