Direct observation of salts as micro-inclusions in the Greenland GRIP ice core

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 193, 2009, Pages 777-783

  Sakurai, Toshimitsu ^a   Ilzuka, Yoshinori ^a   Horlkawa, Shinichiro ^a   Johnsen, Sigfús ^b   Dahl Jensen, Dorthe ^b   Steffensen, Jørgen Peder ^a   Hondoh, Takeo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIOLOGY; GRIP; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; INCLUSION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SALT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBLIMATION; SULFATE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 75449101616     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309790152483     Document Type: Article

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