Past and recent tritium levels in Arctic and Antarctic polar caps

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 56-64

  Fourré, Elise ^a   Jean Baptiste, Philippe ^a   Dapoigny, Arnaud ^a   Baumier, Dominique ^a   Petit, Jean Robert ^b   Jouzel, Jean ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Greenland; ice core; tritium

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC POLAR CAPS; ARCTIC POLAR CAPS; TRITIUM CONCENTRATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRITIUM; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AIR MASS; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GRIP; ICE CORE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLAR REGION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE METAL; TRITIUM;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 33646528192     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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