Dust provenance in Antarctic ice during glacial periods: From where in southern South America?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Gaiero, Diego M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; STRONTIUM;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPES; PALEOCLIMATE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

DEPOSITION; DUST; LOESS; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 35748958221     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030520     Document Type: Article

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