Pre-industrial metal anomalies in ice cores: A simplified reassessment of windborne soil dust contribution and volcanic activity during the last glaciation

International Geology Review

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1120-1130

  Oyarzun, Roberto ^a   Lillo, Javier ^b   Sánchez Hernández, Juan Carlos ^c   Higueras, Pablo ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; DUST; HEAVY METAL; ICE CORE; PALEOCLIMATE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 27744472068     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.47.11.1120     Document Type: Article

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