Coherent composition of glacial dust on opposite sides of the East Antarctic Plateau inferred from the deep EPICA ice cores

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Marino, F ^a   Castellano, E ^a   Nava, S ^b   Chiari, M ^b   Ruth, U ^d   Wegner, A ^d   Lucarelli, F ^a   Udisti, R ^a   Delmonte, B ^c   Maggi, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; DUST COMPOSITION; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GEOCHEMICAL TRACER; ICE CORE; MINERAL PARTICLES; SOUTH AMERICA; WIDE AREA;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DUST; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MINERAL; TRACER;

ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 72049117058     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040732     Document Type: Article

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