Scanning electron microscopy of impurity structures in snow

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 80-89

  Rosenthal, Walter ^a   Saleta, Jose ^a   Dozier, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Filaments; Grain boundary diffusion; Impurities; Scanning electron microscopy; Sintering; Snow; Snow metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DIFFUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IMPURITIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING;

LIGHT ELEMENTS; RING-LIKE FILAMENTS; SNOW METAMORPHISM;

SNOW;

AIR-ICE INTERACTION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNOW; SPECTROMETRY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CALIFORNIA; MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845455783     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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