Recent high-resolution glaciochemical record from a Dasuopu firn core of middle Himalayas

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 418-425

  Wang, PengLing ^a,b   Yao, TanDong ^a   Tian, LiDe ^a   Wu, GuangJian ^a   Li, Zhen ^a   Yang, Wei ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Glaciochemical record; Middle Himalaya; Seasonal variation; South Asian monsoon

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049135470     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0098-7     Document Type: Article

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