Iron in ice cores from Law Dome: A record of atmospheric iron deposition for maritime East Antarctica during the Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Edwards, Ross ^a   Sedwick, Peter ^b,c   Morgan, Vin ^d,e   Boutron, Claude ^f  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Atmospheric iron deposition; Last Glacial Maximum; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349239838     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001307     Document Type: Article

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