Chemistry of snow deposited during the summer monsoon and in the winter season at Baishui glacier No. 1, Yulong mountain, China

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 190, 2009, Pages 221-228

  Li, Zongxing ^a   He, Yuanqing ^a   Pang, Honxi ^a,c   Jia, Wenxiong ^a   He, Xianhong ^a   Zhang, Ninnin ^a   Ning, Baoying ^a   Yuan, Linlin ^a   Song, Bo ^a   Theakstone, Wilfred H ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AIR MASS; CHEMISTRY; GLACIER; MONSOON; MOUNTAIN; SNOW; SUMMER; WESTERLY; WINTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTH ASIA; THAR DESERT; XIZANG; YULONG BELT;

EID: 67650882547     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309788608769     Document Type: Article

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