ENSO variability in the deuterium-excess record of a coastal Antarctic ice core from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2005, Pages 140-146

  Patterson, N G ^a,b   Bertler, Nancy A N ^a   Naish, T R ^a,b   Morgenstern, U ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DEUTERIUM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ICE CORE; MOISTURE FLUX;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 33646357905     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756405781813339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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