Ammonium and non-sea salt sulfate in the EPICA ice cores as indicator of biological activity in the Southern Ocean

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 313-323

  Kaufmann, Patrik ^a   Fundel, Felix ^b   Fischer, Hubertus ^a,b   Bigler, Matthias ^a,c   Ruth, Urs ^b   Udisti, Roberto ^d   Hansson, Margareta ^d   de Angelis, Martine ^e   Barbante, Carlo ^f   Wolff, Eric W ^g,h   Hutterli, Manuel ⁱ   Wagenbach, Dietmar ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^g CNR   (Italy)

^h CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

ⁱ BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; DUST DEPOSITION; EUROPEAN PROJECT; GLACIAL CYCLES; HOLOCENES; ICE CORE; ICE CORE RECORDS; IRON FERTILIZATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LOCAL SOURCE; MINERAL DUST; SEA SALT AEROSOL; SEA SALTS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SULFATE CONTRIBUTIONS; TIME-SCALES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DUST;

AEROSOL; AMMONIUM; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOINDICATOR; ICE CORE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEA SALT; TIMESCALE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 73549113390     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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