Estimation of net accumulation rate at a Patagonian glacier by ice core analyses using snow algae

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 59, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 236-244

  Kohshima, Shiro ^a   Takeuchi, Nozomu ^b   Uetake, Jun ^a   Shiraiwa, Takayuki ^c   Uemura, Ryu ^a   Yoshida, Naohiro ^a   Matoba, Sumito ^c   Godoi, Maria Angelica ^d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

Author keywords

glacier; ice core; net accumulation rate; Patagonia; snow algae

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ACCUMULATION RATE; BULK DENSITY; GLACIER; GREEN ALGA; ICE CORE; MELTWATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CHILE; MAGALLANES; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; TYNDALL GLACIER [MAGALLANES];

ALGAE; CHLOROMONAS;

EID: 35148821897     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.11.014     Document Type: Article

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