Sulfate and nitrate firn concentrations on the Greenland ice sheet 2. Temporal anthropogenic deposition changes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D17, 1998, Pages 21935-21942

  Fischer, Hubertus ^a,c,d   Wagenbach, Dietmar ^a   Kipfstuhl, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FIRN; ICE CORE; NITRATE; SULFATE;

GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 4043066328     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD01886     Document Type: Article

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