First discovery of meteoritic events in deep Antarctic (EPICA-Dome C) ice cores

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Narcisi, Biancamaria ^a   Petit, Jean Robert ^b   Engrand, Cécile ^b  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; METEORITES; SEA ICE; STRATIGRAPHY; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

COSMIC EVENTS; DUST LAYERS; ICE CORES; METEORITIC EVENTS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GEOCHEMISTRY; ICE CORE; METEORITE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 34948829647     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030801     Document Type: Article

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