Glacial/interglacial variations in methanesulfonate (MSA) in the Siple Dome ice core, West Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Saltzman, Eric S ^a   Dioumaeva, Irina ^a   Finley, Brandon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; DUST; METHANE; SULFUR;

METHANESULFONATE (MSA); SIPLE DOME ICE CORE;

GLACIERS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; DEPOSITION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SULFONATE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33746410076     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025629     Document Type: Article

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