Defining the geochemical composition of the EPICA Dome C ice core dust during the last glacial-interglacial cycle

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Marino, F ^a,b   Castellano, E ^b   Ceccato, D ^c   De Deckker, P ^d   Delmonte, B ^a   Ghermandi, G ^e   Maggi, V ^a   Petit, J R ^f   Revel Rolland, M ^g,h   Udisti, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^f LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^g LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^h OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Aeolian dust; Antarctica; Dust sources; Ice cores; Major elements; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049131152     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002023     Document Type: Article

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