Isotopic and elemental changes in winter snow accumulation on glaciers in the Southern alps of New Zealand

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 4737-4749

  Purdie, Heather ^a   Bertler, Nancy ^a,b   Mackintosh, Andrew ^a   Baker, Joel ^a   Rhodes, Rachael ^a,b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CLIMATE TRENDS; FRANZ JOSEF; NEW ZEALAND; NEW ZEALAND REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN; RAIN-OUT; SNOW AND ICE; SOURCE SIGNALS; STABLE WATER ISOTOPES; WINTER SNOW ACCUMULATION;

DEUTERIUM; GLACIERS; LEAD; MOISTURE; SNOW; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCONIUM;

STRONTIUM;

GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEA ICE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; VALLEY GLACIER;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TASMAN GLACIER; TASMAN SEA; WEST COAST [SOUTH ISLAND];

EID: 77958102784     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3701.1     Document Type: Article

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