Mineral dust and elemental black carbon records from an Alpine ice core (Colle Gnifetti glacier) over the last millennium

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Thevenon, Florian ^a,b   Anselmetti, Flavio S ^c   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^a   Schwikowski, Margit ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BIOMASS; CARBON BLACK; CLIMATOLOGY; COMBUSTION; DUST; FOSSIL FUELS; GLACIERS; ICE; MINERALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILICATE MINERALS; TIME SERIES;

AEROSOL SOURCE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DUST; BIOMASS-BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CENTRAL EUROPE; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; ICE CORE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MINERAL DUST; MINERAL DUST AEROSOL; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH ATLANTIC; OPTICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL METHODS; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; SAHARAN DUST; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SUMMER MONTHS; WOOD COMBUSTION;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; BLACK CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPE; DUST; FOSSIL FUEL; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; ICE CORE; IRRADIANCE; LITTLE ICE AGE; TIME SERIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 72049103677     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011490     Document Type: Article

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