Multiple sources supply eolian mineral dust to the Atlantic sector of coastal Antarctica: Evidence from recent snow layers at the top of Berkner Island ice sheet

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 138-148

  Bory, Aloys ^a   Wolff, Eric ^a   Mulvaney, Robert ^a   Jagoutz, Emil ^b   Wegner, Anna ^c   Ruth, Urs ^c   Elderfield, Harry ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Berkner Island; dust; isotopes; Nd; snow; Sr

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; BERKNER ISLAND; DUST DEPOSITION; DUST TRANSPORT; GLACIAL PERIOD; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELVES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FINGERPRINTING; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LOCAL SOURCE; MINERAL DUST; MULTIPLE SOURCE; PATAGONIA; SNOW LAYER; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME PERIODS; WEDDELL SEA;

GLACIERS; ICE; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; SNOW; STRONTIUM;

DUST;

COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE SHEET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; SNOW COVER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 75949103896     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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