Tracing the sources of particles in the East Rongbuk ice core from Mt. Qomolangma

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1781-1785

  Xu, Jianzhong ^a   Hou, Shugui ^a   Chen, Fukun ^b   Ren, Jiawen ^a   Qin, Dahe ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

East Rongbuk ice core; Mt. Qomolangma; Particle; Sr Nd Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649083657     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0050-5     Document Type: Article

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