Chemical and isotopic switching within the subglacial environment of a High Arctic glacier

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-193

  Wynn, Peter M ^a,b   Hodson, Andrew ^a   Heaton, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isotopes; Major ion chemistry; Microbial; Redox status; Subglacial

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RUNOFF; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC; MIDRE LOVENBREEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33745117923     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-005-3832-0     Document Type: Article

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