Records of volcanic events since AD 1800 in the East Rongbuk ice core from Mt. Qomolangma

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1411-1416

  Xu, Jianzhong ^a   Kaspari, S ^b   Hou, Shugui ^a   Kang, Shichang ^c   Qin, Dahe ^a   Ren, Jiawen ^a   Mayewski, P ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bi; East Rongbuk ice core; Mt. Qomolangma; Volcanic events

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549108052     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0020-y     Document Type: Article

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