Specific surface area, density and microstructure of frost flowers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Domine, Florent ^a,b   Taillandier, Anne Sophie ^a,b   Simpson, William R ^a   Severin, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA ICE;

FROST FLOWERS; ICE CRYSTALS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA;

CRYSTAL GROWTH;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ICE CRYSTAL; SEA ICE;

EID: 24944536603     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023245     Document Type: Article

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