Stratigraphic correlations between the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) Dome C and Vostok ice cores showing the relative variations of snow accumulation over the past 45 kyr

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Udisti, R ^a   Becagli, S ^a   Castellano, E ^a   Delmonte, B ^b,c   Jouzel, J ^b   Petit, J R ^b   Schwander, J ^d   Stenni, B ^e   Wolff, E W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accumulation rate changes; Antarctic ice core comparison; Glacial Holocene atmospheric circulation changes

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ICE CORE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VOSTOK STATION;

EID: 3042751704     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD004180     Document Type: Article

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