Ice stratigraphy at the Pâkitsoq ice margin, West Greenland, derived from gas records

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 191, 2009, Pages 411-421

  Schaefer, Hinrich ^a,e   Petrenko, Vasilii V ^b,f   Brook, Edward J ^a   Severinghaus, Jeffrey P ^b   Reeh, Niels ^c   Melton, Joe R ^d   Mitchell, Logan ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EEMIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIER FLOW; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; INTERGLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OUTCROP; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; PAKITSOQ;

EID: 69549122280     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309788816704     Document Type: Article

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