The aeolian flux of calcium, chloride and nitrate to the McMurdo Dry Valleys landscape: Evidence from snow pit analysis

Antarctic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 497-505

  Witherow, Rebecca A ^a   Lyons, W Berry ^a   Bertler, Nancy A N ^b,c,e   Welch, Kathleen A ^a   Mayewski, Paul A ^c   Sneed, Sharon B ^c   Nylen, Thomas ^d   Handley, Michael J ^c   Fountain, Andrew ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Elements; Fluxes; Glaciers; Latitudinal Gradient Project; Salts in soils

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORIDE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; NITRATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SOIL SURFACE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 33751063128     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095410200600054X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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