Comparison of techniques for dating of subsurface ice from Monlesi ice cave, Switzerland

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 53, Issue 182, 2007, Pages 374-384

  Luetscher, Marc ^a,b   Bolius, David ^c   Schwikowski, Margit ^c   Schotterer, Ulrich ^d   Smart, Peter L ^b  

^a Institut Suisse de Speleologie et de Karstologie   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CAVE; DATING METHOD; DEPOSITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; ICE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELTING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PETROGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; JURA [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 37549068125     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214307783258503     Document Type: Article

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