A 200 year sulfate record from 16 Antarctic ice cores and associations with Southern Ocean sea-ice extent

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2005, Pages 155-166

  Dixon, Daniel A ^a   Mayewski, Paul A ^a   Kaspari, Susan ^a   Kreutz, Karl ^a   Hamilton, Gordon S ^a   Maasch, Kirk ^a   Sneed, Sharon B ^a   Handley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; CYCLOGENESIS; ICE CORE; SEA ICE; SEA SALT; SULFATE;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33646340940     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756405781813366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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