The effects of meltwater percolation on the seasonal isotopic signals in an Arctic snowpack

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 194, 2009, Pages 1012-1024

  Moran, Tara ^a   Marshall, Shawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELTWATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PERCOLATION; SNOWPACK; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTENT;

ARCTIC;

EID: 77950936384     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309790794896     Document Type: Article

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